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The owner of two convenience stores in town confirmed Monday that he’s interested in buying a third at the Four Corners intersection of highways 174 and 155.

Asked about an online notice of a liquor license application for Jack’s Four Corners, Jack Madsen said an agreement in principle has been negotiated but not finalized and the deal is still “in the process.”

He noted that applications for state permits, especially for liquor licenses, take a long time and that it would be costly to wait to apply for them until a sale is known to be final, likely requiring a new property owner to operate without the sale of beer and wine for months before license approval.

Madsen owns the HiCo in Grand Coulee and Jack’s (the former Chevron) in Coulee Dam.