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The current West Virginia Historical Society was organized

Burnsville Dam placed in operation

Old Main Hall at Alderson-Broaddus College (now University) was destroyed by fire

The board changed the name to Appalachian Bible College

Appalachian Regional Hospitals closing of Man hospital

Congress deregulated airline industry and government subsidies were eliminated

Beech Fork Lake was opened to the public

General Cigar and Tobacco Company became a division of Culbro

William H. Brothers became president of Bluefield State College (now University)

The Johnson Mountain Boys bluegrass band was founded

West Virginia Folk Art Apprenticeship Program established by Augusta

Clerk Darrell E. Holmes took over the as editor of the Blue Book

Buffalo Historical Society was formed

Construction began on a surgery suite addition at Cabell Huntington Hospital

Pine Run School moved to Cedar Creek State Park

Cheat Mountain salamander placed on the federal threatened species list

Stephen Coonts wrote The Minotaur

Ellis Dungan received the Lifetime Achievement Award by the West Virginia International Film Festival

The School Building Authority was created

Robert Atkinson took semi-retirement as bishop of the Episcopal Church

Mark Samels released Forks of Cheat

Salem College was bought by Japanese interests and became Salem-Teikyo University (later Salem International University)

The Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) was created

Homer Hickam published his first book, Torpedo Junction

The West Virginia Air National Guard's 167th was named top C-130 unit in the Air Force

The Blues Revue headquarters were moved to Salem

Buffalo Lake closed for swimming because of Canada geese

New partnership with Marshall University School of Medicine extended Cabell Huntington Hospital

St. Mary's Hospital of Huntington and Pleasant Valley Hospital (now Rivers Health) in Point Pleasant joined the Cabell Huntington Hospital network

Thomson Newspapers sold Daily Mail to Media News Group

Stephen Coonts wrote Fortunes of War

WVU established official boundaries and endowment for the Core Arboretum

West Virginia crime rate reached 2,547.2 crimes per 100,000

The Wars of Heaven included in O. Henry Award prize story collection

Richard Currey won the Bravo Award for Literary Excellence

Richard Currey won the Charles H. Daugherty Humanities Award

Davis & Elkins College campus consisted of 170 acres and 20 major buildings

G. Thomas Mann became the 12th president of Davis & Elkins College

Hazel Dickens received honorary doctorate of humanities from Shepherd College (now University)

The last of the giant hyper compressors were cut into scrap at Dupont's Belle Plant

Edgewood Country Club celebrated its centenary

The Turning was screened at the West Virginia International Film Festival

Judy Byers established the West Virginia Folklife Center at Fairmont State University

The Buffalo Toyota plant produced its first four-cylinder engine

West Virginia became the nation's second-leading coal producer

The Blackwater Chronicle was reissued by the West Virginia University Press

Albert Walker became president of Bluefield State College (now University)

Hatfield-McCoy Trail for all-terrain vehicles opened

Robert C. Byrd took a stand against Bush administration's call for war on Iraq

Allegheny Energy Company transferred 12,000 acres to the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge

Redistricting had reduced 2nd Congressional district to 18 counties

Clarksburg's newspapers combined into one paper the Exponent Telegram

Stephen Coonts wrote Saucer