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KINGSPORT, Tenn.—Eastman Credit Union here is the latest to announce a special year-end member dividend, saying it will be returning $8 million to members. Since 1998 when it announced its first Extraordinary Dividend, it has paid out more than $8 million.

FOREST SPRINGS, Ky.—Park Community CU here has opened a new branch in which it is using interactive teller machines in place of tellers in the facility.

MEDFORD, Ore.—Rogue Credit Union raised more than $24,000 for Rogue Regional Medical Center (RRMC), a local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital, through a month-long Skip-A-Payment promotion.

TAUNTON, Mass. —Staff and members at an office of First Citizens FCU here faced a “harrowing” experience Christmas Eve, when a masked robber entered the building and fired a shot into the wall.

MADISON, Wis.— Summit Credit Union has been awarded the prestigious Cooperative Builder Award, as well as the international TOP CO-OP Award of Merit.

BROOMFIELD, Colo. — Community Financial Credit Union is paying out $400,000 to members as part of its Member Bonus program. 

NORTH HAVEN, Conn.—The $400-million Connex Credit Union is acquiring Sargent Employees FCU via a merger. SEFCU has 700 members and $3.4 million in assets.

IRVINE, Calif.— Nearly 273,000 U.S. homes returned to positive equity in the third quarter of 2014, bringing the total number of mortgaged residential properties with equity to approximately 44.6 million, or 90% of all mortgaged properties, according to CoreLogic.

PHOENIX—President Obama announced that the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will reduce annual mortgage insurance premiums by 0.5 percentage point from 1.35% to 0.85% as part of an initiative to make homes more affordable.

RALEIGH, N.C. – Property bordering Colonial Avenue and White Street in Greenville, N.C., drew the attention of local media and neighboring citizens here as officials from State Employees’ Credit Union and the City of Greenville gathered for a tour of two homes renovated by SECU’s property management subsidiary, State Employees’ Credit Union*Real Estate (SECU*RE).