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Camden Clark earns quality honors in six practice areas

PARKERSBURG - WVU Medicine Camden Clark has earned quality honors in six areas in the first Top Hospitals award program by Castle Connolly. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals is a recognition awarded to hospitals that set the standard for excellence within specific medical procedures. Its data-driven approach establishes an objective way to evaluate hospitals, leveraging comprehensive claims data to capture the full patient journey when seeking care. This ensures a complete understanding of patient experiences, allowing Castle Connolly to highlight hospitals that truly make a ...

Tri-State Roofing & Sheet Metal Co. honored with award

PARKERSBURG — Tri-State Roofing & Sheet Metal Co. of Parkersburg has been honored with the Tri-State/Service Roofing & Sheet Metal Group Chairman’s Award. The award was presented at the company’s annual meeting. Established in 1982, the award is given to the company within the Tri-State/Service Group that has achieved the highest level of overall operating and financial performance in that year. Tri-State Roofing & Sheet Metal of Parkersburg, a full-service commercial roofing, sheet metal fabrication and mechanical services company, was among 12 companies competing for the ...

Carlton Hill Farm offers quail, rabbit and chicken

PARKERSBURG — A new small-scale sustainable farm in Wood County has been the dream of a couple once involved in the information technology industry. Sean and Alexys Carlton bought the acre of land in Valley Mills in December 2023 and have since prepared Carlton Hill Farm to raise ...

Lotton completes 1,000 robotic procedure

A surgeon has completed his 1,000th procedure using the da Vinci robotic-assisted surgical system introduced a decade ago by Memorial Health System. “It’s incredible to hit this milestone, 1,000 robotic surgeries, all while delivering advanced care to the Mid-Ohio Valley. We’re just ...

France’s foreign minister is in China to discuss Ukraine and trade issues

BEIJING (AP) — French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot began a two-day visit to China on Thursday and held talks with his Chinese counterpart on Ukraine and longstanding trade disputes between China and Europe. There was no word of any immediate progress, but both sides sounded positive on the state of relations. Barrot met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who said in a news conference afterward that both countries should “choose multilateralism over unilateralism ... and pursue mutual benefit and win-win outcomes instead of decoupling and isolation.” That echoed ...