Darrell McGraw

It's Wheeling Steel debuted on WWVA in Wheeling

The Wheeling Steel Company's It's Wheeling Steel radio program debuted on WWVA

A. James Manchin was elected secretary of state

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

Supreme Court of Appeals expanded a worker’s right to sue an employer for damages

Charlotte Pritt campaigned for state Senate and won

Margaret Workman became the first woman justice and the first woman elected to statewide office in West Virginia

Gaston Caperton defeated incumbent Governor Arch A. Moore Jr.

Joe Manchin was reelected to the West Virginia Senate

Margaret Workman was elected first woman on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and first woman elected to statewide office in West Virginia

Thomas Miller led the ticket in both the primary and general elections in State Supreme Court race

Ken Hechler was reelected as West Virginia's secretary of state

Walt Helmick elected to the House of Delegates

Ken Hechler was reelected as West Virginia's secretary of state

Joe Manchin was reelected to the West Virginia Senate

McHugh reelected to the Supreme Court

Gus Douglass again elected commissioner of agriculture

Glen Gainer III elected state auditor

Jefferson County voters approve video lottery

Ken Hechler was reelected as West Virginia's secretary of state

Republican Gov. Cecil Underwood was elected to second term

Jay Rockefeller was reelected to the U.S. Senate

Charlotte Pritt ran against Republican Cecil Underwood for governor of West Virginia and lost

Franklin D. Cleckley left the Supreme Court

Robin Davis elected to the Supreme Court

John Perdue first elected state treasurer

S. L. Jones died

A second structure was added to West Virginia Graduate College at its new location in South Charleston

The West Virginia Graduate College became Marshall University College of Graduate Studies

Kenneth E. Smith became the third generation to run the McClain Printing Company when George Smith retired

An additional 626 acres was added to Moncove Lake State Park to provide more hunting lands

The Sporting News named Randy Moss college football's top receiver

The Robert C. Byrd Learning Resource Center was built at the College of West Virginia (now Mountain State University)

Walter Dean Myers received the Boston Globe Horn Book Honor Book Award for Harlem

The National Conservation Training Center was completed

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's book Shiloh was adopted for film

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor was awarded the Appalachian Medallion by the University of Charleston

Joe Powell retired as president of the West Virginia Labor Federation.

The Pride of West Virginia received the Sudler Trophy as the nation's No. 1 college marching band

The Shavers Fork Coalition was formed

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service established the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown

Marshall moved from Division 1 AA to Division 1 A

Meriluco was placed on the National Register of Historic Places

The first female trooper resigned from the State Police

Stone & Thomas closed the Charleston store

Anna Marsh caught a 50.37-inch 49.75 lb muskellunge in Stonecoal Lake, setting state record for weight

Toyota built an engine plant at Buffalo

Robert C. Byrd was awarded the West Virginia Distinguished Service Medal

The West Virginia National Guard was activated in support of the peacekeeping mission to Bosnia

Major renovations took place at Yeager Airport

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

A. James Manchin was reelected to the House of Delegates

Bob Wise was elected governor

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

Robin Davis reelected to 12 year term on Supreme Court

Only four ferries still operating on Ohio River

The liturgies at St. George were still being chanted in Arabic

Barbara Smith and Kirk Judd edited Wild Sweet Notes: Fifty Years of West Virginia Poetry, 1950-1999

Louie Glass was sold to Glassworks West Virginia

Ellie Mannette founded Mannette Steel Drums, Ltd

Ellie Mannette received the Trinidad and Tobago Chaconia Silver Medal from the minister of culture

New Mennonite congregation started in Hampshire County

Reported 13 Mennonite congregations in West Virginia with total of 568 adherents

Randy Moss led the NFL in touchdown catches

Randy Moss signed a $75 million contract extension with an $18 million signing bonus making him the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL

The Youth Museum of Southern West Virginia received a national award from the National Endowment for the Arts

West Virginia experienced high losses of native mussels in the Ohio River due to competition of zebra mussels

Walter Dean Myers received the first ever Printz Award for Monster

First Market Bank locations in West Virginia adopted the name National Bank of Commerce

Leonard "Lynn" Davis died

Ohio Valley College (now University) began offering secondary education in English math, natural sciences, physical ed, and social studies and special education

Brad Paisley was named "Top New Male Vocalist" by the Academy of Country Music

Vicky Bullett joined the Charlotte Mystics WNBA team.

Simon McClure ran as the Libertarian candidate for governor

Joe Manchin was elected governor

Brent Benjamin was elected to the Supreme Court of Appeals

Shelley Moore Capito was reelected to Congress

Betty Ireland became the first woman ever elected as secretary of state

Betty Ireland became the first woman ever elected as secretary of state and the first woman elected to the executive branch of government

Benjamin defeated Warren McGraw for Supreme Court seat