A. James Manchin

Cleve Bailey won back his seat in Congress

Chauncey H. Browning was reelected prosecuting attorney in Logan County

Robert C. Byrd was reelected to the House of Delegates

Rush Holt unsuccessfully sought a seat in the U.S. Senate

Okey Mills was elected Raleigh County sheriff

Matthew M. Neely won a term in the U.S. Senate

Harley Staggers was elected to Congress

W.W. Trent was reelected state superintendent of Schools

Elizabeth Drewry became first black woman elected to West Virginia state legislature

William Marland was elected Attorney General

Robert C. Byrd was elected to the state Senate

Happy Retreat was added to the National Register of Historic Places

The Energy Crisis occurred

The original Fiestaware was discontinued

Chuck Howley retired from the Dallas Cowboys football team at the end of the season

West Virginia Library Commission expanded its construction project to include the Instant Libraries building program

The Buffalo Creek Memorial Library was the first Instant Library

The Supreme Court of Appeals held that the system of funding justice of the peace courts from fines was unconstitutional in State ex rel. Reece v. Giles, J.P.

An additional 2,500 acres were acquired for Kanawha State Forest

Maryat Lee founded EcoTheater in Hinton

A program was established between the Library Commission and Marshall University to train library personnel in small and remote libraries

The Lilly Brothers toured Japan

Chuck Kinder wrote Snakehunter

Dan Maroney served as international president of the Amalgamated Transit Union

The Palace of Gold began construction in the Hare Krishna community

M. Blane Michael operated a solo law practice in Petersburg

Mildred Mitchell-Bateman became the vice president of the American Psychiatric Association

The Mountain Artisans Quilting Book was published by Macmillan Publishing

Molly O'Day and Lynn Davis started a gospel record program at WEMM-FM Huntington

Allegheny Wood Products was formed

Congress created Conrail through the Regional Rail Reorganization Act

Joe Powell directed the AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education.

The Prato Rio house was added to the National Register of Historic Places

Dallas Bailey became president of Salem International University

Mary Lee Settle wrote Prisons

The Shepherdstown historic district was added to the National Register of Historic Places

Harold M. McNeill became president of West Virginia State College (now University)

John D. Rockefeller IV became president of West Virginia Wesleyan College

Jeff Holland Cook became conductor of the Wheeling Symphony

WVU at Parkersburg Jackson County Center opened

Clyde Ware directed the West Virginia-set film, When the Line Goes Through

Sam Harshbarger, Darrell McGraw and Thomas Miller were elected to the Supreme Court of Appeals

Nick Joe Rahall was first elected into the U.S. House of Representatives in the 3rd Congressional District

Jay Rockefeller was elected governor, defeating Cecil Underwood by largest margin in state's history

Jay Rockefeller defeated Arch A. Moore Jr. for reelection as governor

Earl Ray Tomblin elected to the Senate

Thomas McHugh elected to the Supreme Court

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

Voters approve the state lottery amendment

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

Huntington Galleries changed its name to the Huntington Museum of Art

Comprehensive state gazetteers were published by the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey

Vitro Agate ceased operations

John Sayles wrote Thinking in Pictures: The Making of the Movie Matewan

Jon McBride was assigned as assistant administrator for congressional relations at NASA

David A. Raese became publisher of the Dominion Post

Joe Mullins won the West Virginia Veterans' Memorial design competition

Swami Bhaktipada of New Vrindaban was arrested and charged with racketeering and accused of ordering the murders of two Krishna devotees

Henry Payne began syndication with United Feature Syndicate

U.S. Department of Agriculture wanted to classify the pepperoni roll bakeries as meat packers

Jayne Anne Phillips published Fast Lanes

The Pittston Coal Company withdrew from the Bituminous Coal Operators Association

The Ohio Valley Refining Company was closed

Swami Bhaktipada was expelled from ISKCON

The first Libertarian was elected to office when William W. Clem ran in the Jefferson County surveyor's race

Warren McGraw was elected to an unexpired term on the state Supreme Court

Marie E. Redd became the first African-American to be elected to the West Virginia Senate

Rush Holt's son Rush was elected to Congress as a New Jersey Democrat

Alex Mooney was first elected to the Maryland State Senate

Tim Armstead was elected to the House of Delegates

Denise Giardina ran for governor of West Virginia as candidate of the Mountain Party

Robert C. Byrd was elected to his 8th term in the Senate

Shelley Moore Capito was elected to the 2nd District Congressional seat

Gus R. Douglass was elected his 9th 4-year term as Agriculture commissioner

Cecil Underwood failed to be elected a third term

Ken Hechler ran unsuccessfully for a Democratic seat in Congress

The Libertarian candidate, Bob Myers, failed to gain 1% of the votes

Bob Wise was elected governor

Darrell McGraw was reelected state attorney general

West Virginia voted for Republican George W. Bush in the election

Robin Davis reelected to 12 year term on Supreme Court

Jay Rockefeller was reelected to the U.S. Senate

Evan Jenkins was elected to the State Senate