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The Pocahontas Times became one of the first papers in West Virginia to switch completely to the use of computers

Pruntytown Correctional Center reopened

Mary Lou Retton was inducted to the U.S. Olympic Committee Hall of Fame

Otis Rice became a member of the editorial board of Filson Club Quarterly

Rock Lake Pool was closed by its owner

Cynthia Rylant wrote The Relatives Came

Revival of the Sagebrush Roundup radio show was first held

The Old Salt Sulphur Springs resort was added to the National Register of Historic Places

Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel filed for bankruptcy

Blakers Mill was moved to Jackson's Mill

Predecessor banks were renamed United National Bank

Robert Phalen became president of UMWA District 17

WAJR launched the Metronews Radio Network

Melvin Lentz became wood chopping champion

The Pence Springs prison closed and all inmates were transferred to the Alderson Federal Prison for women

Meredith Sue Willis wrote Only Great Changes

Ellie Schaul was was awarded the 1985 West Virginia Juried Exhibition Governor’s Award