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New Hall dormitory at University of Charleston was completed

Verizon West Virginia received the Federal Communications Commission's approval to offer long-distance service in West Virginia

The Virginian Railway rail yards at Princeton were added to the National Register of Historic Places

Jason Wynyard won the wood chopping championship

The Coal Association founded Friends of Coal

A major expansion was completed at Wheeling Downs

Joseph R. Hacala S.J. became president of Wheeling Jesuit University

The Yeager Airport terminal was named for Jay Rockefeller

Nick Saban coached Louisiana State University to a national championship

Every major river in West Virginia was deemed impaired as a result of human activities by the West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection

The 201st Artillery Battalion was deployed to the Iraq War

West Virginia's share of the tobacco company settlement was $63 million

High numbers of raccoon, bobcat and coyotes were trapped in West Virginia

State Legislature passed the Water Resources Protection Act

Commercial mining in Webster County produced 3.9 million tons of coal

The West Virginia Historical Education Foundation dissolved

West Virginia Institute of Technology lost its community college component

A class-action settlement required DuPont to offer to pay the costs of medical monitoring for nearly 100,000 people

An addition was added to Ruby Memorial Hospital

William R. Haden announce retirement from presidency of West Virginia Wesleyan College

Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel entered a relationship with the Severstal North America

WHIS radio was owned by Triad Broadcasting

Jesco White lived in isolation in Boone County

Don Whitlatch lived in Parkersburg

Bob Wise accepted a job in Washington

Bill Withers was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame

WJLS was owned by First Media Radio of Massachusetts

George Connard Wolfe lived in Standard

Woody Williams was West Virginia's last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from WWII

Charles Bayless became president of WVU Institute of Technology

Major renovations took place at Yeager Airport