Even though Premier West Bank has cut costs by making layoffs and closures, they’re reporting a loss of 4-point-8 million dollars in the first quarter of this year, 700-thousand dollars wider than the 4th quarter of 2011.Read More »
Washington Federal Inc. of Seattle plans to buy South Valley Bancorp of Klamath Falls and become Oregon's seventh-largest bank by deposits.
South Valley has 24 branches, most around Medford, Klamath Falls and Bend. It is the state's 13th largest institution insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.Read More »