Threats still loom for area banks

By John Stearns, business editor, / The Bulletin
August 16, 2009

Central Oregon's once high-flying turned hard-crashing real estate market has crushed homeowners, investors, builders, Realtors and myriad others connected to the industry, including the region's first bank on Aug. 7.

That's when regulators closed Community First Bank, whose fortunes were almost....

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