Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College

Wild boars were released by the Department of Natural Resources as a game species for reclaimed surface mines

M. Blane Michael served as assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York

A $30 state clothing allowance reached about 44,000 welfare children

Morgantown Glassware Guild closed

John Norman was named the Charleston Sunday Gazette-Mail West Virginian of the Year

Phase I of the WVU Personal Rapid Transit project was completed

William Page Pitt retired

Nick Rahall graduated from Duke University

Cecil Roberts began working at Carbon Fuel's No. 31 mine in Winifrede

C. Donald Robertson was indicted on federal charges of taking kickbacks on FHA low-income housing assistance

An extended care facility was added to St. Francis Hospital

Alex Schoenbaum and Ray Danner merged their companies to form Shoney's Big Boy Enterprises

Leon Sullivan was appointed to the board of directors of General Motors

Both Honey in the Rock and Hatfields and McCoy were performed by Theatre West Virginia

The woolen mill in Parsons closed

ACTION became the federal agency that oversaw VISTA and the Peace Corps

Charleston returned to the International League in baseball

An editorial advisory board for the West Virginia History was created

The Coliseum basketball arena was completed at WVU

Robert Kreis instituted Wheeling Symphony's first concert tours

Bill Withers released his first album, Just As I am

WVU at Parkersburg separated from WVU to the state's first community college

Chuck Yeager was assigned as U.S. defense representative to Pakistan

John Zontini was inducted into the West Virginia Sports Writers' Hall of Fame

Barry Vance began spending summers painting in the Shenandoah Valley

Clyde Ware's second novel, The Eden Tree, was published

The first annual Apple Butter Festival was held at Berkeley Springs State Park

The Mountaineer Mall opened in Morgantown

The Elkins newspaper building burned to the ground

Jayne Anne Phillips graduated magna cum laude from WVU

William Pierce co-founded the National Alliance

A replica of Pricketts Fort was rebuilt

Richard Freeland moved Rebel Records to Asbury in Greenbrier County

Leonard Riggleman fought to prevent Morris Harvey College from being given to the state

Rock Springs Park structures were sold to make way for a new road and Ohio River bridge.

The B&O railroad tracks were removed in Rosbys Rock

The St. Albans Archeological Site was placed on the National Register of Historic places

Sam Snead left the Greenbrier for the Homestead

Blaze Starr wrote an autobiography

Sunrise mansion was added to the National Register of Historic Places

Ewel Cornett assisted in reorganizing the Theatre West Virginia

The Catholic Committee of Appalachia raised concerns regarding the economic and political inequalities

A bronze casting of the "Lincoln Walks at Midnight" statue was made by Bernard Wiepper for the West Virginia capitol

Twin Falls pioneer homestead completed

A collection of Melville Davisson Post's stories were published in The Methods of Uncle Abner

Congress abolished the Office of Economic Opportunity poverty agency

Don West wrote O Mountaineers: A Collection of Poems

The Folklore Society met at Fairmont State

The Tomlinson mansion was added to the National Register of Historic Places

WVU at Parkersburg enrollment was at 5,149 students

Baggage claim addition was built at Kanawha (Yeager) Airport

Conchata Ferrell won the Drama Desk, Obie and Theatre World Best Actress Awards

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Wheeling sold St. Francis Hospital to Columbia HCA

Snowshoe became part of Intrawest Corporation

Jim Sprouse retired from the U.S. Court of Appeals

A paperback edition of Tale of the Elk was printed by Quarrier Press

The Catholic Committee of Appalachia published a second pastoral message, "At Home in Web of Life: A Pastoral Message on Sustainable Communities in Appalachia"

C. W. Ferguson III died

The West Virginia Juried Exhibition expanded statewide with a touring exhibit

William R. Haden became president of West Virginia Wesleyan College

Georgia-Pacific Corporation built a new OSB plant near Mount Hope

A lumber plan opened at Buckhannon

The Carter G. Woodson Memorial Foundation erected a life-sized statue in Huntington

Laurence Yep received the West Virginia Library Association's Literary Merit Award

John Chambers became CEO of Cisco Systems

West Virginia crime rate ranked 7th lowest

Reported 60% of West Virginia crimes are larceny-theft

West Virginia prisoner population had the 6th highest growth rate

Unionized labor at 14.2% of the work force

Number of farms in West Virginia decreased to 20,800

Circulation of the Hampshire Review was 6,950

Dominion Hope provided natural gas to 439 communities in West Virginia in 32 West Virginia counties

The state Supreme Court heard 2,449 cases and issued 159 opinions and 434 orders

There were about 100 employees in the Division of Labor

The West Virginia Department of Natural Resources listed 17 public fishing lakes and ponds in the state

Video lottery sales represented more than 70% of the lottery's total revenue

The Department of Mines had 110 employees, including 74 inspectors

Circulation of the Dominion Post was 20,454 on weekdays and 24,192 on Sundays

Total circulation of West Virginia newspapers was 781,753

There were 161 commercial sawmills in West Virginia

Michael Smith had 29 number-one songs, five platinum records and 13 gold records

The student population at West Liberty was 2,375

There were 2,837 students enrolled at West Virginia Northern Community College

West Virginia State University had 2,482 students enrolled

There were 2,183 lottery machines at Wheeling Downs

There were 1,356 students at Wheeling Jesuit University

Circulation of the Wonderful West Virginia was 40,000