Waiting for the grim details

Medical Lake facilities await study that could recommend reducing beds at state-run institutions

By RYAN LANCASTER

Staff Reporter

Employees and administrators at Medical Lake's Lakeland Village Nursing Facility and the Pine Lodge Corrections Center for Women are anxiously awaiting a report that could recommend reductions or even closure.

Early this year a study was commissioned by the state Office of Financial Management to look at how to recoup tens of millions of dollars in budget cuts through reductions at state-run facilities. A Washington state legislative order called for approximately 1...