LOMPOC, Calif. – CoastHills FCU said it has installed Trevitor Media’s Internet-based office training courses.

LOVES PARK, Ill. – The former cards services coordinator at Rock Valley FCU allegedly stole $1 million from the $75 million credit union by overstating the value of the credit card portfolio and making off with the overstated funds.

WYOMISSING, Penn. – Bellco CU said yesterday it has signed a marketing outsourcing contract with CU Ink.

DENVER – Denver Community CU said yesterday it has signed with Secure Identity Systems to conduct an

LIVONIA, Mich. – Co-op Services CU held six gas giveaway events over the past two months in partnership with gas stations located near a credit union branch, each time offering gas discounted by 25 cents a gallon to neighborhood drivers.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – SAFE CU said yesterday it has been chosen by Intuit to test the company’s new online system that allows members to manage accounts between multiple financial institutions.

HARRISBURG, Penn. – The Pennsylvania CU Association his preparing to launch an online service that allows buyers and sellers of member business loan participations to connect and exchange information within a secure environment.

WASHINGTON – As it did in a controversial House primary in Maine last summer, CUNA reported yesterday it has launched its own independent campaign ads for two House candidates in the Midwest.

McLEAN, Va. – Rates on 30-year mortgages dipped below 6% last week, falling for the first decline in three weeks, according to Freddie Mac.

TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa Bay FCU said yesterday in order to secure member confidence it is doubling, again, the insurance coverage of each account to $500,000 through private deposit insurer ASI.

LANSING, Mich. – State regulators reported yesterday they have approved the merger of DFCU Financial FCU, the state’s largest credit union, with Capital Communications CU, the one-time $275 million credit union that reported losses of $11 million over the last six quarters.

BOSTON – Another suspect in the hacking of wireless systems at TJX Cos. and several other retailers, pleaded guilty to identity theft charges last week.

PORTLAND, Ore. – Authorities were searching over the weekend for a serial robber who hit at least two credit unions and three banks in a three-day span last week.

NORFOLK, Va. – A Virginia Beach man pleaded guilty Friday to participating in a scheme that used information stolen from emergency room patients to obtain more than $134,000 in fraudulent car loans from Navy FCU.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NCUA said Friday that federal credit unions may not team with an owner of ATMs to provide third-party cash replenishment services.

BOULDER, Colo. – Premier Members FCU announced Friday the hiring of Rhett Rowe, the president of nearby First National Bank of Colorado, as its new president and CEO.

MICHIGAN CENTER, Mich. – The former chief financial officer for Cascades Community FCU was sentenced last week to five-to-20 years in prison for embezzling $339,000 from the credit union to cover his losses in the stock market.

HANFORD, Calif. – Families and Schools Together FCU broke ground last week to renovate the historic Sears building downtown into its new headquarters.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – Xceed FCU, which moved into a new headquarters earlier this year, sold its old office building last week for $7.05 million.

TEMPE, Ariz. – It didn’t take long for one of the newest members of Altier CU to realize the benefits of credit union membership--$3,000 to pay for his gas for a year.