Pinckney Benedict

Appalachian Regional Hospitals changed its name to Appalachian Regional Healthcare

Jennings Boyd was president of the McDowell County Board of Education

The East Huntington Bridge connecting Huntington and Proctorville won the Federal Highway Administration's award for design excellence

Most of Union Carbide Institute plant sold to French company, Rhone-Poulenc

Clay Foundation was established

Stephen Coonts published Flight of the Intruder

Hazel Dickens released It's Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song

Electioneering was prohibited within 300 feet of the polls

Production of Fiestaware began again with white, pink (rose), black. Cobalt blue, and apricot were introduced

Fostoria Glass plant in Moundsville closed

Per capita personal income in West Virginia rose to 86% of national average

A study estimated that as many as 764 men died from silicosis from the Hawks Nest Tunnel

Homer Laughlin China Company revived Fiestaware

A complete restructuring of the prison system was required by the Crain v. Bordenkircher court decision

Kanawha Valley Memorial Hospital merged with Charleston Area Medical Center

John Knowles wrote The Private Life of Axie Reed

State Supreme Court ruling Crain v. Bordenkircher found that conditions at the state penitentiary failed to meet constitutional standards and led to the construction of a new prison

Louie Glass shipped $24 million worth of glass and employed 525 people

The pygmy shrew was first reported in Canaan Valley

First Annual Conference on West Virginia's Black History hosted by First Baptist Church of Charleston

Appalachian Craftsmen, Inc. closed

Princeton joined the Appalachian Rookie League in baseball

Another 43 acres was added to Bear Rock Lakes

Jerold Dugger resigned as president of Bluefield State College (now University)

Gassaway depot was closed by CSX

West Virginia was forced to reimburse $9.5 million to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for Buffalo Creek Flood recovery work

Cabell Huntington Hospital Inc. became the new corporation governing the hospital

Third generation took over Capon Springs Resort

The Bluestone Dam celebrated its 50th anniversary

Lodge at Cacapon State Park was expanded

Camden-Clark Hospital in Parkersburg opened an Outpatient Physical Therapy Building

Gaston Caperton was chosen for president of the College Board

Wilson Douglas died

Rhone-Poulenc plant at Institute was sold to Aventis

Construction began on Clay Center

Contemporary American Theater Festival received Governor's Award for Outstanding Cultural Organization

Stephen Coonts wrote Cuba

State acquired rights to use "Country Roads" to promote tourism

West Virginia rated 4th lowest crime rate

CSX and Norfolk Southern absorbed Conrail

Jacob Beard's conviction for the Rainbow Family murders was overturned