
Prescriptions at the two Rite Aid pharmacies set to close in Spokane will be transferred to the CVS pharmacies located at nearby Target stores.
According to a pharmacy transfer list on Rite Aid's website, prescriptions from the company's store at 4514 S. Regal will be transferred to the CVS Pharmacy in the Target at 4915 S. Regal, on Spokane's South Hill.
The last day of pharmacy business at the South Hill Rite Aid will be July 2.
Prescriptions at 12420 N. Division will be transferred to the CVS Pharmacy in the Target at 9770 N. Newport Highway, on Spokane's North Side.
The last day of pharmacy business at the North Spokane Rite Aid will be July 8.
The two Spokane Rite Aid stores are closing in response to the drugstore chain’s ongoing bankruptcy process. The stores were listed on a closure list in a June 6 court filing.
Hundreds of other Rite Aid closures across the U.S. have been announced in various court filings since the retailer announced its bankruptcy on May 5.
CVS Pharmacy agreed in May to acquire the prescription files of 625 Rite Aid pharmacies across 15 states, as well as acquire and operate 64 Rite Aid stores in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
CVS hasn’t announced which Rite Aid stores it will operate, although the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business reported that a Kennewick, Washington, Rite Aid will become a CVS in mid-August.
The Rite Aid store located in Hayden, at the northwest corner of Prairie Avenue and Government Way, was also included in a closure list, but that store isn’t listed on Rite Aid’s pharmacy transfer list.
A store in Coeur d’Alene, as well as the seven other Rite Aid locations in Spokane County, have not been included on closure lists, the latest of which was released June 20.