Memorial Health System earns national recognition for promoting organ, eye and tissue donation

February 8, 2025

Marietta Memorial Hospital has earned national recognition for its efforts to increase organ, eye and tissue donor registrations through the 2024 DoNation Campaign, Memorial Health System announced. The campaign challenges organizations to educate their staff, visitors and communities about the critical need for organ, eye and tissue donation, including offering opportunities to register as organ donors. Marietta Memorial Hospital earned Gold recognition for conducting awareness and registry activities between Oct. 1, 2023, and Sept. 30, 2024. The campaign is a national initiative ...

Stock market today: Dow drops 440 points as Amazon slides

February 8, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are slumping Friday amid worries about higher inflation and tariffs, while a closely watched report gave a mixed picture of the U.S. job market. The S&P 500 was down 0.9% and on track to wipe out what had been a modest gain for the week, with an hour ...

Amazon’s Whole Foods asks agency to set aside the results of a union win at a Philadelphia store

February 8, 2025

(AP) — Amazon-owned Whole Foods is asking the National Labor Relations Board to set aside the results of a union election in which the first group of the company’s employees voted in favor of collective bargaining. In a filing submitted to the agency this week, attorneys for Whole ...

Healthgrades names: WVU Medicine amongst America’s 250 Best Hospitals

February 1, 2025

PARKERSBURG — WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center has been named amongst America’s 250 Best Hospitals in 2025, according to the latest research released by Healthgrades. This achievement ranks CCMC within the top five percent of hospitals nationwide for overall clinical ...

Parkersburg Area Association of Realtors presents donations

February 1, 2025

The Parkersburg Area Association of Realtors recently presented donations of $6,681 each to House to Home to help address the homeless situation in Parkersburg and to West Virginia Suicide Prevention. Proceeds came from the association’s annual Christmas Auction. “The Board of Realtors ...

Leavitt Funeral Services honored for technology advances to empower families needing services

February 1, 2025

PARKERSBURG — For 143 years, Leavitt Funeral Services and Crematory has built its dignified reputation with the families it served by nurturing a trusting relationship through compassionate care and commitment to honor the lives of their loved ones. “This one-on-one personal attention will never change with our families. Anything we can do to help our families in their greatest time of need is to do what we can to make the funeral planning process less difficult,” said Jon Leavitt, owner and funeral director. “Traditions will always remain. Today, however, technology has ...