Bill Hopen

Governor Rockefeller called for broad changes in the state banking system.

Reagan administration implemented stricter eligibility standards for black lung compensation

Colonel Florence A. Blanchfield Army Community Hospital at Fort Campbell was dedicated

Kanawha Valley Memorial Hospital (later CAMC) moved to new complex

Assets of City National Bank at over $81 million

Bernard Coffindaffer underwent open heart surgery

The Louisville & Nashville railroad line merged into the Seaboard Coast Line Corporation

Davis Grubb's Ancient Lights was published posthumously

The High Gate mansion was listed in the National Register of Historic Places

William Hoffman wrote The Land That Drank the Rain

Sam Huff was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Weirton workers purchased the plant from National Steel Corporation

Marshall University presented Howard B. Lee with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree

Cynthia Rylant wrote When I was Young in the Mountains

Cynthia Rylant wrote When I was Young in the Mountains

The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation had assets exceeding $100 million

Cam Henderson's win-loss record for Marshall football was beat

Homer Hickam published Sky of Stone: A Memoir

The 80-megawatt power station on the Summersville Dam went into use

The Midland Trail (U.S. 60) from Charleston to Kenova became a State Scenic Byway

David Price resigned as executive secretary of Library Commission

John O'Brien wrote At Home in the Heart of Appalachia

The Official Marx Toy Museum opened in Moundsville

The state Board of Education took over administration of the McDowell County school system