Bob C. Donegan, Director at STERLING FINANCIAL CORP /WA/ (STSA), bought 1,000 shares at $17.90 ($18K) on 2011-03-11, disclosed to the SEC on 2011-03-15.
Open-market purchase of $18k STSA by Director. Below the thresholds we flag for high-conviction alerts (no C-suite role, rare reversal, cluster, or A-grade history).
Something here stands out, but not much.