Laurence Yep

Otis Rice received the first Virgil A. Lewis Award of the West Virginia Historical Society

Cynthia Rylant won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for nonfiction for Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds

St. John's Chapel near Sweet Springs resort in Monroe County was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a part of the Lynnside Historic District

Congress created the National Scenic Byways program to recognize national and state roads of special scenic value

Leon Sullivan was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom

The Andrew S. Rowan Memorial Home was closed

Jerry West was named to the WVU Sports Hall of Fame

The West Virginia National Guard was activated during the Gulf War

The Whipple Company Store was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Jesco White appeared in the film Dancing Outlaw

A flood wall was built at Williamson

Meredith Sue Willis wrote Quilt Pieces

Melvin Wine was chosen as a National Heritage Fellow by the National Endowment for the Arts

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Wheeling sold St. Francis Hospital to Columbia HCA

Snowshoe became part of Intrawest Corporation

Southern West Virginia Community College changed its name to Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College

Jim Sprouse retired from the U.S. Court of Appeals

A paperback edition of Tale of the Elk was printed by Quarrier Press

The Catholic Committee of Appalachia published a second pastoral message, "At Home in Web of Life: A Pastoral Message on Sustainable Communities in Appalachia"

C. W. Ferguson III died

The West Virginia Juried Exhibition expanded statewide with a touring exhibit

William R. Haden became president of West Virginia Wesleyan College

Georgia-Pacific Corporation built a new OSB plant near Mount Hope

A lumber plan opened at Buckhannon

The Carter G. Woodson Memorial Foundation erected a life-sized statue in Huntington

John Chambers became CEO of Cisco Systems

Otis Rice received an honorary doctorate from WVU

Theatre West Virginia celebrated the 40th anniversary of Honey in the Rock and the 30th of Hatfields and McCoys

Welch Emergency Hospital became Welch Community Hospital

Jerry West retired from the Lakers

The Records Management and Preservation Board was created

An expansion was completed at the Industrial Home for Youth

George Lundy S.J. became president of Wheeling Jesuit University

The Wheeling National Heritage Area was created