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West Virginia voted Republican in presidential election

Arch A. Moore Jr. elected for a third term as governor

Ken Hechler was elected West Virginia secretary of state

Jay Rockefeller was elected to the U.S. Senate

Alan Mollohan beat Jim Altmeer to remain in the House of Representatives

A. James Manchin ran for state treasurer

John Raese lost to Jay Rockefeller in his bid for the US Senate.

Anthony Correctional Center began accepting females

Arthurdale Heritage, Inc., was founded

Cabell Huntington Hospital began conversion to a private nonprofit corporation

Centurion merged with Key Bancshares to form Key Centurion Bancshares

Craig-Patton House restored to original period and opened to the public

Douglass Junior and Senior High School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Pudden'head Wilson filmed in Harpers Ferry

Sweet Dreams, filmed in Martinsburg, was released

The Division of Forestry became a part of the West Virginia Department of Agriculture

Gunner Gatski was named to the Professional Football Hall of Fame

U.S. Borax & Chemical company acquired Pennsylvania Glass and Sand

William Hoffman wrote Godfires

Songwriter Kate Long wrote "Who'll Watch the Homeplace?"

Charles James III joined the James Produce Company

A new Marco mascot outfit was introduced at Marshall University

South Charleston Stamping and Manufacturing Company took over the VW plant at Charleston Ordnance Center

Stephen Coonts wrote Final Flight

Ken Joseph of Ashland, Kentucky bought the Edwards Moonlight to renovate it as a restaurant

Daniel Boyd released the movie Chillers

The Stonewall Jackson Dam was completed

A report stated that 78% of the state was forested

Henry Louis Gates wrote The Signifying Monkey: A Theory of Afro-American Literary Criticism

Mrs. Ailes retired as assistant editor of the Hampshire Review

The first woman, Bessie Horn, was admitted to the He-Man Club

The state's original interstate system was completed

The state budget was $3.3 billion

William Hoffman wrote By Land By Sea

Kaiser Aluminum plant was sold to Ravenswood Aluminum Corporation

Girls were again admitted to Linsly school

Lee Maynard published the novel Crum

Louise McNeill published The Milkweed Ladies

Louise McNeill published TheMilkweed Ladies

Richard Osborne was promoted to publisher of the Logan Banner

Irene McKinney published a collection of poetry, Quick Fire and Slow Fire

The section of the Midland Trail from White Sulphur Springs to Charleston was designated as West Virginia's first state scenic highway

Governor Moore designated U.S. 60 from White Sulphur Springs to Charleston as the Midland Trail Scenic Byway

Cynthia Rylant wrote But I'll Be Back Again

The West Virginia College of Graduate Studies officially became the University of West Virginia College of Graduate Studies

Kathy Mattea was named the Country Music Association's Female Vocalist of the Year

Jon McBride retired from NASA and the Navy

Irene McKinney published a collection of poetry, Six O'clock Mine Report

The Minnehaha Springs post office closed

Public Radio International took over distribution of Mountain Stage

George Balsama left presidency of Beckley College (now Mountain State University)

The United Methodist Temple building, now John W. Eye Conference Center, was acquired by Beckley College (now Mountain State University)

Walter Dean Myers received the Newbery Honor Book Award for Scorpions

Walter Dean Myers received the Coretta Scott King Award for his books

First National Bank of Morgantown was acquired by Huntington Banks

The old Norwalk Motor Car Company burned down in Martinsburg

Marc Harshman’s first children’s book, A Little Excitement, was published

William Hoffman wrote Follow Me Home

"Who'll Watch the Homeplace" named Song of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association

A new hospital for the mentally ill was opened in Lewis County

The Libertarian Party regrouped under leadership of John K Brown

Henry Louis Gates wrote Colored People

Henry Louis Gates wrote Colored People

Pinckney Benedict published The Dogs of God

Pinckney Benedict published The Dogs of God

Luxury skyboxes were added to Mountaineer Field

John Nash was honored with the Nobel Prize in Economics for his dissertation

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor was Awarded the West Virginia Children's Book Award for Shiloh

The Night of the Hunter was adapted for television

Arnout "Sonny" Hyde resumed editorship of the Wonderful West Virginia under a private contract

Jackson County was reported with the second-highest number of farms in West Virginia

D-Mac Industries bought the nail plant and began operating it as Wheeling-La Belle Nail Company

The Robert C. Byrd Clinic opened at the School of Osteopathic Medicine

David Price was hired as Library Commission executive secretary

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor published Saving Shiloh, the last of the Shiloh trilogy

Richard Curry wrote Lost Highway

The International Documentary Association created the Pare Lorentz Award to honor the best documentary film of the year

The West Virginia Graduate College in South Charleston merged with Marshall University

Robert Drasnin recorded an album of standards titled The Blue Dahlias

Butch Miles rejoined the Count Basie Orchestra

Vicky Bullett began playing for the Charlotte Sting in the Women's National Basketball Association.

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

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

Reported enrollment at Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College was 2,580

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