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Anthony Correctional Center began accepting females

Arthurdale Heritage, Inc., was founded

Cabell Huntington Hospital began conversion to a private nonprofit corporation

Centurion merged with Key Bancshares to form Key Centurion Bancshares

Craig-Patton House restored to original period and opened to the public

Douglass Junior and Senior High School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Pudden'head Wilson filmed in Harpers Ferry

Sweet Dreams, filmed in Martinsburg, was released

The Division of Forestry became a part of the West Virginia Department of Agriculture

Gunner Gatski was named to the Professional Football Hall of Fame

U.S. Borax & Chemical company acquired Pennsylvania Glass and Sand

William Hoffman wrote Godfires

Charles James III joined the James Produce Company

The West Virginia Lottery Commission was created

A new Marco mascot outfit was introduced at Marshall University

William Hoffman wrote Follow Me Home

A new hospital for the mentally ill was opened in Lewis County

The Libertarian Party regrouped under leadership of John K Brown

Henry Louis Gates wrote Colored People

Henry Louis Gates wrote Colored People

Pinckney Benedict published The Dogs of God

Pinckney Benedict published The Dogs of God

Luxury skyboxes were added to Mountaineer Field

The Racetrack Video Lottery Act passed

John Nash was honored with the Nobel Prize in Economics for his dissertation

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor was Awarded the West Virginia Children's Book Award for Shiloh