EXHIBIT 99.(f)(9)



                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                 FINAL AMENDMENT
                                       TO
                                 SCHEDULE 13E-4

                          ISSUER TENDER OFFER STATEMENT
      (PURSUANT TO SECTION 13(e)(1) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934)

                            TRI-COUNTY BANCORP, INC.
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                                (Name of Issuer)

                            TRI-COUNTY BANCORP, INC.
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                        (Name of Person Filing Statement)

                     Common Stock, Par Value $0.10 per Share
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   895452 10 0
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                      (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

                                Robert L. Savage
                      President and Chief Executive Officer
                            Tri-County Bancorp, Inc.
                                2201 Main Street
                            Torrington, Wyoming 82240
                                 (307) 532-2111

                                 With Copies to:

                            Gregory A. Gehlmann, Esq.
                      Malizia, Spidi, Sloane & Fisch, P.C.
                               One Franklin Square
                               1301 K Street, N.W.
                                 Suite 700 East
                              Washington, DC 20005
                                 (202) 434-4674
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                       (Name, Address and Telephone Number
           of Persons Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications
                     on Behalf of Persons Filing Statement)

                                October 20, 1998
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     (Date Tender Offer First Published, Sent or Given to Security Holders)



                            CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
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                                                                 Amount of
Transaction Valuation*                                           Filing Fee
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$4,382,000                                                         $876.40
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*    For purposes of calculating fee only. Based on the Offer for 313,000 shares
     at the maximum tender offer price per share of $14.00.

[ ]  Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided  by Rule  0-11(a)(2)
     and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously  paid.
     Identify the previous filing by registration  statement number, or the form
     or schedule and the date of its filing.

Amount Previously Paid:  876.40          Filing Party:  Tri-County Bancorp, Inc.
Form or Registration No.:Schedule 13E-4  Date Filed:  October 20, 1998






      This Final Amendment to Schedule 13E-4 amends and supplements the Schedule
13E-4 filed October 20, 1998 and amended on October 23, 1998,  November 23, 1998
and December 8, 1998 by Tri-County  Bancorp,  Inc., a Wyoming  corporation  (the
"Company"),  relating to the tender  offer to  purchase up to 313,000  shares of
common stock,  par value $0.10 per share (the  "Shares"),  at prices not greater
than  $14.00 nor less than  $11.00  per Share upon the terms and  subject to the
conditions  set forth in the Offer to  Purchase,  dated  October  23,  1998 (the
"Offer to Purchase")  and the related  Letter of  Transmittal  (which are herein
collectively referred to as the "Offer"). The Offer is being made to all holders
of Shares, including officers, directors and affiliates of the Company.

      The "Modified Dutch Auction"  self-tender offer which commenced on October
20, 1998, expired at 5:00 p.m., Wyoming Time, December 7, 1998. Based on a final
count,  313,000 shares tendered will be purchased at a price of $14.00 per share
(the "Purchase Price"). This represents approximately 26.7% of the common shares
outstanding.  Odd lots  tendered at or below the  Purchase  Price  totaling  170
Shares will be purchased in their entirety. The remaining 312,830 Shares will be
purchased  on a 91.75  percent pro rata basis from  shareholders  who tendered a
total of  341,143  shares to the  Company  at or below the  Purchase  Price.  In
addition,  it is expected  that the Company  will  purchase  all Shares  validly
tendered by any  shareholder  who tendered all Shares owned,  beneficially or of
record, at or below the Purchase Price and who, as a result of proration,  would
then own,  beneficially,  an aggregate of fewer than 100 Shares. This represents
1,125 additional Shares.

      All Shares not  purchased  will be returned to tendering  shareholders  as
promptly as practicable.


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                                    SIGNATURE

      After  reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my knowledge  and belief,  I
certify that the information  set forth in this statement is true,  complete and
correct.





Dated:  December 10, 1998





                             Tri-County Bancorp, Inc.



                             By:   /s/ Robert L. Savage
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                                Name:  Robert L. Savage
                                Title: President and Chief Executive Officer