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Chris Hall named to Barron’s List of Top 1,200 Advisor

PARKERSBURG — Chris Hall, Senior Financial Advisor with Raymond James and Founding Partner and CEO of Hall Financial Advisors, 1101 Rosemar Road, Parkersburg, was among the Raymond James-affiliated advisors named to Barron’s list of Top 1,200 Advisors. The list, which recognizes top advisors across the country, was released online March 11. This is the 13th time in the last 14 years Hall has been recognized in the state of West Virginia on the “State by State” list, Barron’s largest, most comprehensive ranking that evaluates not only independent advisors but advisors from ...

Memorial Health System celebrates 100th TAVR procedure

Memorial Health System’s Department of Cardiology celebrated its 100th transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedure, performed by Dr. Jason Schott, interventional cardiologist, and Dr. Geoffrey R. Cousins, cardiothoracic surgeon. TAVR is a minimally invasive treatment option for aortic valve stenosis and is an alternative to open-aortic valve replacement surgery. TAVR is a procedure in which a small cut is made in the groin area and a thin, flexible tube with a new artificial heart valve is guided through an artery in the leg up to the diseased heart valve. Once the new valve is ...

United Bank will celebrate their 186th anniversary with shamrock tradition

PARKERSBURG — United Bank will continue a long-standing tradition Monday, giving customers free potted shamrocks in honor of its 186th anniversary. “No company has been serving West Virginia longer than United,” said Richard M. Adams Jr., CEO of United Bankshares Inc. “We have ...