STCU’s CEO will pursue other endeavors after serving as president and CEO of the Liberty Lake-based credit union for more than seven years.

Oregon-based Community Bank’s 10 branches in southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon will close Friday to integrate into the credit union after months of preparation, according to a release. They will remain closed on Monday before reopening on the following day. 

The credit union has six branches spread across the Tri-Cities. It was not disclosed whether any of the planned layoffs would be among staff at those locations. 

The agriculture-focused cooperative lending group recently launched the application window for its New Producer Grant program, which provides successful applicants $15,000, as well as educational support and mentoring to support their agricultural ventures. 

HAPO Community Credit Union’s pending acquisition of Community First Bank has led the financial institution to buy land for a new home for its growing team.

The mathematics that drive the powerful tools financial advisors use have links to our community.

Here are five ways that can help you build, protect and grow your wealth in the year ahead.

Millennials are now in their 30s and even early 40s and there are conflicting narratives about how they’re faring financially as they step into middle age.

Before fancy trusts and gifting, before engaging attorneys, before buying insurance, put pen to paper to determine if your financial plan can sustain the cost.

Benton-Franklin Trends’ Patrick Jones crunches the data on the bicounty’s per adult capita value of investment income and offers several reasons why investment income is relatively low here.