Whitman County Gazette - Serving Whitman County since 1877

HEPPNER, Ore. – Three Whitman County bankers graduated from the Oregon Bankers Association (OBA) Northwest Bank Operations School and Commercial Lending Boot Camp.

Bank of Eastern Washington graduates from the Northwest Bank Operations are Karlie Thompson, of Colfax, and Desiree Chappell, of LaCrosse. Jay Hart, of Colfax, graduated from the Commercial Lending Boot Camp, according to spokesperson Becky Kindle.

Both programs are educational offerings with the operations school offered biennially and the commercial lending program offered every 18 months.

“We’d like to congratulate all t...