Tacoma-based MultiCare Health System announced Tuesday that it is laying off 138 employees across the state.
The separations are expected to begin on Oct. 27, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filing.
The notice said “changing business needs” are behind the decision to close the following six locations:
- Eye Center Valley (Spokane Valley)
- Eye Center Northpointe (Spokane)
- Optical Center (Spokane)
- Rockwood Access Clinic (Spokane)
- Rockwood Dermatology (Spokane)
- Rockwood Nephrology (Spokane)
Twenty-seven other locations across the state are impacted by these cuts, including Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital in Tacoma…