Beech Fork State Park

Patch Adams moved to Washington to raise money for a "free-care" hospital

Appalachian Craftsmen opened a shop at the Greenbrier Resort

Governor Rockefeller recommended $5.1 million appropriation in the state budget to build a lodge at Beech Fork State Park

The Hot Rize bluegrass band was founded

Maurice Brooks named "Man of the Year" by Charleston Gazette

Betsy Byars received the New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year for Goodbye, Chicken Little

Surgery suite added to Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital in Parkersburg

Camp Washington-Carver transferred to West Virginia Department of Culture and History for rural cultural arts center

Referendum approved Sunday racing

Charleston Ordnance Center lease was taken over by Volkswagen

U.S. 48 redesignated as I-68

Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital added a Medical Office in Parkersburg

Robert L. Smith retired as Charleston Gazette publisher

Key Centurion Bancshares purchased by Bank One

Roy Clarkson retired as professor emeritus at WVU

Clover Archeological Site was added to the National Register of Historic Places

Jim Comstock sold the West Virginia Hillbilly to Sandy McCauley

Stephen Coonts was inducted into the WVU Academy of Distinguished Alumni

Drover's Inn was placed on the National Register of Historic Places

L. A. Puopolo directed The Turning

Ruel Foster co-wrote with Bob Conner Buck: A Life Sketch of James H. Harless

Denise Giardina published The Unquiet Earth

Denise Giardina published The Unquiet Earth

Little Sleepy Glenn was inducted into the WVU Sports Hall of Fame

Charles James III moved the James Produce Company to California

Pickney Benedict published Wrecking Yard

Mail Pouch Tobacco stopped painting signs

Ellie Mannette arrived in Morgantown

The William Penn Association closed the Mount St. George facility

MTR Gaming Group purchased the Chester track and named it Mountaineer Park

New construction to complete Corridor D into Ohio began

BB&T acquired One Valley Bank

The West Virginia Baptist Convention reported 463 churches

Community Newspaper Holdings of Alabama bought the Beckley Register-Herald

Record of the longest brook trout caught, 23.5 in., 7.19 lbs.

A statue of Buckongahelas and his son Mahonegon was erected in Buckhannon's Jawbone Park

Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital in Parkersburg added a cardiac catheterization laboratory

City National Bank stock fell to a fraction of its former price

NiSource and Columbia Natural Resources merged

Stephen Coonts wrote Hong Kong