OLYMPIA, Wash., July 22 /EMWNews/ -- Heritage Financial

Corporation (Nasdaq: HFWA) today announced that President and CEO, Brian L.

Vance is scheduled to present at the Keefe Bruyette & Woods 2008 Ninth

Annual Community Bank Investor Conference, taking place at the

Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York on July 29th and July 30th.



    Mr. Vance is scheduled to present on Wednesday, July 30th at 4:30 p.m.

EDT. There will be a live web cast including audio and presentation slides.

Interested parties can access the presentation online through the Keefe

Bruyette & Woods website -- http://www.kbw.com. A replay of the web cast

will be archived on the website for approximately sixty days after the

conference.



    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, Mason

and South King 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 http://www.CVBankWA.com.

Additional information about Heritage Financial Corporation is available on

its Internet Website http://www.HF-WA.com.