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What happened to FirstBank Northwest?
FirstBank Northwest in Clarkston, WA (earlier called First Federal Savings and Loan Association and 1 other name) merged into Sterling Savings Bank of Spokane, WA on Nov 30, 2006. After 1 more change of hands, what was FirstBank Northwest is today part of Columbia Bank (Roseburg, OR).
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the bank at the end of the chain today. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1920First Federal Savings and Loan Association opens in Clarkston, WA
- Jul 1, 1990renamed First Federal Bank of Idaho, a Federal Savings Bank
- Apr 1, 1997renamed FirstBank Northwest
- Nov 30, 2006MERGEDFirstBank Northwest merged into Sterling Savings Bank of Spokane, WA.FDIC certificate 28351 ends; its business continues under certificate 32158.
- Apr 18, 2014MERGEDSterling Savings Bank of Spokane, WA merged into Umpqua Bank of Roseburg, OR.FDIC certificate 32158 ends; its business continues under certificate 17266.
- TodayOPEN
Columbia BankMain office Roseburg, OR · FDIC certificate 17266 · 360 offices in 8 states on June 30, 2026Every Columbia Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.columbiabank.com/
If you still have something from FirstBank Northwest
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows FirstBank Northwest as lienholder, start with Columbia Bank. In a merger the surviving bank takes over the other bank's loans, so it is the bank to ask for a recordable lien release; if the loan was sold along the way, it can tell you to whom.
The FDIC says it cannot process lien releases for banks that merged or were acquired without government assistance, which is what the record shows here.
Record the release with the same county office that recorded the original mortgage or deed of trust.
An old account, passbook or CD
Ask Columbia Bank to search for the account under the name FirstBank Northwest. A passbook or certificate shows an account existed. It doesn't show the money is still there, and the OCC notes that federal rules require banks to keep most account records for five years.
Accounts nobody touches are eventually turned over to a state. The OCC puts the usual wait at three to five years with no activity, set by each state's law. Search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and any other state they lived in. It is free to search and to claim through a state's own site, and MissingMoney.com, an official site of the state administrators' association, searches most states at once.
A safe deposit box
Ask Columbia Bank which branch now holds boxes from the FirstBank Northwest office you used. The OCC says a box with no activity for three to five years (the period is set by state statute) is likely treated as dormant, and its contents may be turned over to the state's unclaimed-property program.
Box contents are not covered by FDIC insurance.
Not sure this is your bank?
Many banks shared a name. Match the city and the years above against your paperwork, or search again with the town.
Credit unions were never FDIC-insured and are not in this record; the NCUA credit union lookup covers those. Banks that closed before about 1970 are not in the FDIC's list either.
One caution: banks also sell single branches. If the office you used was sold to a different bank along the way, the account went with the branch, not with this chain. The office list below shows which bank each office reports under now.
This page is drawn from FDIC records and federal guidance. It is not legal advice, and BankBranches is not a bank or a government office. More detail: lien releases · old passbooks and CDs · safe deposit boxes · unclaimed money.
Where the guidance comes from ▾
Its offices in the FDIC deposit reports
23 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 1 is still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 8060 N Cornerstone DrHayden, ID | OpenColumbia Bank |
| 150 Longfellow Street NorthVale, OR | No longer reported |
| 225 Southwest Fourth AvenueOntario, OR | No longer reported |
| 1701 Court AvenuePendleton, OR | No longer reported |
| 1215 Adams AvenueLa Grande, OR | No longer reported |
| 3106 Island AvenueLA Grande, OR | No longer reported |
| 1300 16th AvenueClarkston, WA | No longer reported |
| 108 South Mill StreetGrangeville, ID | No longer reported |
| 201 South Jackson StreetMoscow, ID | No longer reported |
| 205 West Main StreetEnterprise, OR | No longer reported |
| 1412 W. Idaho, Suite 120Boise, ID | No longer reported |
| 1233 North Northwood Center CourtCoeur D Alene, ID | No longer reported |
| 1501 East Seltice WayPost Falls, ID | No longer reported |
| 150 West Main StreetJohn Day, OR | No longer reported |
| 524 West MonroeBurns, OR | No longer reported |
| 921 F StreetLewiston, ID | No longer reported |
| 444 Thain RoadLewiston, ID | No longer reported |
| 920 Main StreetLewiston, ID | No longer reported |
| 200 Feet East Of The Se CornLiberty Lake, WA | No longer reported |
| 111 West North River Drive,Spokane, WA | No longer reported |
| 1990 Washington AvenueBaker City, OR | No longer reported |
| 2055 First StreetBaker City, OR | No longer reported |
| 1501 East Seltice WayPost Falls, ID | No longer reported |
Banks folded into FirstBank Northwest
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Pioneer Bank, A FSBBaker City, OR | Oct 31, 2003 |
Source: FDIC BankFind institution and history records, read Nov 15, 2026. The FDIC's list covers banks that ended in about 1970 or later. Look up certificate 28351 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.