— Mike Stobbe and Devi Shastri

Drugstores say they haven’t forgotten the communities left behind when a store closes. Walgreens, for instance, delivers some prescriptions for free within a 15-mile radius.But deliveries don’t involve seeing a pharmacist or a pharmacy staff. And pharmacy technicians and others behind the counter often look like their customers or may speak a language that’s dominant in the neighborhood.

At least one in six retail pharmacies reported offering services in Spanish, according to the AP’s analysis of pharmacies in 49 states and data from the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs.That connection can’t easily be replaced “by telling patients, ‘Go to the next pharmacy,’” Adepoju at the University of Houston said.Craig Jones fills a prescription at Basin Pharmacy in Basin, Wyoming. (AP Photo/Mike Clark)

Craig Jones fills a prescription at Basin Pharmacy in Basin, Wyoming. (AP Photo/Mike Clark)Governments are starting to pay attention, too, with some states planning to study pharmacy closures, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Adepoju would like to see more regulation, given the growing role pharmacies play in providing care.

“If health care is seen as a right, not a privilege,” she said, “then you shouldn’t be able to just shut it down because you submitted paperwork and you put a notice on the front of your door.”

AP Health Writers Kenya Hunter and Devi Shastri and AP videojournalist Shelby Lum contributed to this report. Shastri reported from Herscher, Illinois.against Florida, the reigning champion in its third consecutive final series.

Before Dallas and Florida this year, three other teams made three consecutive conference finals under the current playoff format adopted in 1994. Los Angeles and Chicago won two Stanley Cup titles during their runs, and Detroit won once. Tampa Bay made three Stanley Cup Finals in a row from 2020-22, winning the first two — the Lightning were awarded the Prince of Wales Trophy as the East champ in 2021, when there were no conference-based playoffs because of the COVID-19 pandemic.As deep as the Stars have gone in each of coach Pete DeBoer’s three seasons, they haven’t been able to get to that final round.

This was the fourth West final in six seasons for the Stars, who in the Canadian bubble in the pandemic-impacted 2020 playoffs eliminated DeBoer-coached Vegas in five games. Dallas then lost in six games to Tampa Bay.“You’ve got to keep knocking on the door,” DeBoer said. “It’s a really, really hard league to win in. When you get down to the end, to the final four here, it gets exponentially tougher. ... We chased every single game in this series, and that’s a tough way to play hockey against that team.”