Jeff Hostetler

Augusta acquired and hosted by Davis & Elkins College

First bald eagle nest documented in West Virginia

West Virginia Baptist Historical Society occupied a vault and adjoining room of the West Virginia Baptist Conference Center at Ripley

Governor Rockefeller converted old Morris Harvey College buildings in Barboursville into state's first and only veterans home

President Jerold O. Dugger ended the football program at Bluefield State College (now University)

Jennings Boyd retired from coaching

Braxton County Memorial Hospital opened

Operation of the Bretz Coke Ovens in Preston County ended

Charleston National created bank holding company, Centurion Bancorp

Rabbi Samuel Cooper retired from B'nai Jacob

Richard Currey published his first short story

Daniel Boone Hotel was closed

Hazel Dickens released Hard Hitting Songs for Hard Hit People

Henry Louis Gates received the MacArthur Fellowship or the "genius award"

The Glen Ferris Inn was sold to Elkem Corporation

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fenced the entrance sink of Hellhole Cavern to prohibit unauthorized entry

Homer Hickam went to work for NASA at Marshall Space Flight Center

The Preservation Alliance of West Virginia was founded

An experimental liming device was installed on Laurel Run to neutralize the stream's acidity

Jennings Randolph Lake and Dam was completed

John Knowles wrote Peace Breaks Out

Dale Colyer of WVU College of Agriculture and Forestry wrote report for Mountaineers for Rural Progress

Richard Virship stopped making chairs and put the Linger Chair Factory up for sale

Comprehensive state gazetteers were published by the U.S. Geological Survey

M. Blane Michael joined Jackson & Kelly law firm

Alderson-Broaddus College (now University) temporarily lost accreditation of its Physician Assistant Program

The state bought the Anthony Correctional Center property

Gray Barker was the subject of Ralph Coon video, Whispers from Space

A centennial celebration highlighted the historic mission of Bluefield State College (now University)

Davis Child Shelter moved to new facility near airport

Orval Brown entered veterans' hospital in Beckley

Columbia reemerged from bankruptcy after reforming gas supply contracts

The bald eagle's status was changed from endangered to threatened

The Mountaineer was released by John Nakashima