Gerald R. Zachary, Director at STERLING FINANCIAL CORP /WA/ (STSA), bought 9,000 shares at $1.67 ($15K) on 2009-02-03, disclosed to the SEC on 2009-02-04.
Open-market purchase of $15k 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.