Kermit K. Houser, Director at STERLING FINANCIAL CORP /WA/ (STSA), bought 3,300 shares at $8.88 ($29K) on 2008-05-30, disclosed to the SEC on 2008-06-03.
Open-market purchase of $29k STSA by Director. Below the thresholds we flag for high-conviction alerts (no C-suite role, rare reversal, cluster, or A-grade history).
Nothing distinguishes this filing.