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

February 23, 2009

OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Heritage Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: HFWA)announced today that President and CEO Brian L. Vance will be participating in a Pacific Northwest Bank Panel at the Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P. - 2009 West Coast Financial Services Conference to be held at the Ritz-Carlton in San Francisco, California on March 3, 2009. The panel is scheduled to begin at 1:15 p.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 www.HF-WA.com. The conference will also be available via toll-free audio conference. Dial 800-259-0251 and provide Passcode "Session 2" to the operator.

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 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 www.CVBankWA.com. Additional information about Heritage Financial Corporation is available on its Internet Website www.HF-WA.com.

SOURCE Heritage Financial Corporation

Contact: Brian L. Vance, President and Chief Executive Officer of Heritage Financial Corporation, +1-360-943-1500