SKBHC Holdings LLC and Starbuck Bancshares, Inc. (both of Seattle, Washington) intend to apply to the Federal Reserve Board for permission to acquire PremierWest Bancorp (Medford, Oregon). We will thereby acquire control of PremierWest Bank (Medford, Oregon), which will then merge into our existing bank subsidiary, AmericanWest Bank (Spokane, Washington). The Federal Reserve considers a number of factors in deciding whether to approve the application, including the record of performance of banks we own in helping to meet local credit needs. You are invited to submit comments in writing on this application to the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, P.O. Box 7702, San Francisco, CA 94120-7702. The comment period will not end before January 7, 2013, and may be somewhat longer. The Board's procedures for processing applications may be found at 12 C.F.R. Part 262. Procedures for processing protested applications may be found at 12 C.F.R. 262.25. To obtain a copy of the Federal Reserve Bo
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