Heritage Financial Corporation to Participate in Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P. West Coast Financial Services Conference

OLYMPIA, Wash., March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- HERITAGE FINANCIAL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:HFWA) Heritage Financial Corporation announced today that it will be participating in a Pacific Northwest Bank Panel at the Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P. -- 2008 West Coast Financial Services Conference to be held at the Ritz-Carlton in San Francisco, California on March 11, 2008. The panel is scheduled to begin at 11:15 a.m. PST.

The conference will be webcast in its entirety, both live and via 30-day delay replay and can be accessed at http://www.sandleroneill.com/ or
Heritage Financial Corporation is a bank holding company headquartered in Olympia, Washington. The Company operates two community banks, Heritage Bank and Central Valley Bank. Heritage Bank serves Pierce, Thurston, south King and Mason Counties in the South Puget Sound region of Washington through its fourteen full service banking offices and its Online Banking Website http://www.heritagebankwa.com/. Central Valley Bank serves Yakima and Kittitas Counties in central Washington through its six full service banking offices and its Online Banking Website
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CONTACT: Brian L. Vance, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Heritage Financial Corporation, +1-360-943-1500

Web site: http://www.hf-wa.com/
http://www.sandleroneill.com/
http://www.heritagebankwa.com/
http://www.cvbankwa.com/

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