Video: Cle Elum Files for Chapter 9—What Happened?

The small city of Cle Elum in Washington has officially filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy after racking up nearly $26 million in debt tied to a land-development deal gone south.

Developer Sean Northrop, whose company City Heights is owed around $27 million, joined The John Curley Show to claim the city “walked away from the negotiating table,” forcing them into legal insolvency—the second city in Washington’s history to take this step.

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