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Craft Wenatchee retail license renamed The Back Porch in Washington

A Wenatchee-area retailer undergoes ownership change as Washington's market sees multiple license closures on the same day.

The Cannabis Newz Automated Desk

Machine-written from our data · source: State license roster

August 12, 2026 · 4:00 AM ET

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Craft Wenatchee, a cannabis retail operation in Washington's Wenatchee area, has changed its licensee name to The Back Porch, according to the state license roster. The transition reflects an ownership shift in the regional retail segment at a time when Washington's adult-use market maintains 482 open retail locations statewide.

The ownership change coincides with a broader wave of license closures logged on the same date: at least nine distinct license holders—including The Green Shelf, Stickys, Fillabong, Evolve Cannabis, Green Lady Hawks Prairie, and others—have had their licenses inactivated. The simultaneous churn suggests either a routine regulatory batch update or renewed enforcement activity, though the underlying drivers remain unclear from license records alone.

With no pending applications listed in the state data, the net effect on retail competition in Wenatchee appears neutral for now. Watch whether The Back Porch begins sales reporting under its new name and whether additional closures or renamings follow in subsequent weeks.

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