Kermit K. Houser, Director at STERLING FINANCIAL CORP /WA/ (STSA), bought 5,200 shares at $1.88 ($10K) on 2009-01-30, disclosed to the SEC on 2009-01-30.
Open-market purchase of $10k 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.