Denise Giardina

Muriel Dressler published first collection of poetry, Appalachia, My Land

Public kindergartens were mandated

The federal Endangered Species act was passed

Reynolds Memorial Hospital was given to the community

Pete Everest retired from the Air Force

Clyde Ware filmed When the Line Goes Through

Tom Screven helped launch the Hearth and Fair magazine

Governor Moore proclaimed West Virginia's first observance of Grandparents Day

The Overseas National Airway changed the name of the Greene Line to the Delta Queen Steamboat Co.

Hal Greer retired from basketball

Research was published tracing the origin of some West Virginia Guinea families to specific biracial and triracial unions

A study of the Hammons family resulted in a double recording from the Library of Congress and a Rounder Records release

The Raleigh Register merged with Beckley Post-Herald to become the Register-Herald

Bob Vorel moved from New England to Doddridge County

Brawley Walkway in downtown Charleston was named in honor of Harry Brawley

After extensive rehabilitation, Camp Washington-Carver was reopened

Founder John L. "Bugs" Teets died

Bernard Coffindaffer dreamed that God told him to erect roadside crosses

Phyllis Curtin retired from public singing

Daniel Boone Hotel was reopened after renovation, as office building

Hazel Dickens released By the Sweat of My Brow

The West Virginia Draft Horse and Mule Association was formed

Clay Communications sold Charleston Daily Mail and other newspapers to Thomson Newspapers

Quibell-brand water bottled at Sweet Springs

Camp Creek State Park entered the West Virginia park system

Robert L. Smith Jr name Daily Gazette Co. president

Four families bought the Cheat Mountain Club and opened the lodge to the public

Clay Foundation funded by proceeds of the sale of Clay Communications to Thomson Newspapers

Franklin Cleckley received the W. Robert Ming Advocacy Award from the NAACP

Richard Currey published first novel Fatal Light

Ellis Dungan's last film, Josiah Fox-Architect of the United States' First Navy, was released

Alan Briceland claimed Batts and Fallam turned southwestward from New River to East River Mountain and continued to Mingo County

Point Man for God documentary was released by Jacob Young

Hammer on the Slammer documentary was released by Jacob Young

Ruel Foster retired

The Freshwater Institute was launched as a national program

Denise Giardina wrote Storming Heaven

West Virginia National Cemetery was dedicated near Grafton

Heck's Department Stores filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Sam Huff and Carol Holden founded the West Virginia Breeders Classic in Charles Town

U.S. 48 redesignated as I-68

Study concluded a $23 million plan for a lodge, cottages, and a golf course

Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital added a Medical Office in Parkersburg

Robert L. Smith retired as Charleston Gazette publisher

Key Centurion Bancshares purchased by Bank One

Roy Clarkson retired as professor emeritus at WVU

Clover Archeological Site was added to the National Register of Historic Places

Jim Comstock sold the West Virginia Hillbilly to Sandy McCauley

Stephen Coonts was inducted into the WVU Academy of Distinguished Alumni

Drover's Inn was placed on the National Register of Historic Places

L. A. Puopolo directed The Turning

Ruel Foster co-wrote with Bob Conner Buck: A Life Sketch of James H. Harless

Denise Giardina published The Unquiet Earth

Little Sleepy Glenn was inducted into the WVU Sports Hall of Fame

Charles James III moved the James Produce Company to California

Pickney Benedict published Wrecking Yard

Mail Pouch Tobacco stopped painting signs

Ellie Mannette arrived in Morgantown

The William Penn Association closed the Mount St. George facility

MTR Gaming Group purchased the Chester track and named it Mountaineer Park

William K. Simmons stepped down as president of Glenville State College

The state began to collaborate with private landowners in sharing cost of aerially treating forestland with insecticides

Judge K. K. Hall argued that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration should have the power to regulate tobacco

The He-Man Golf Tournament was first held

Homer Hickam retired from NASA

Homer Hickam published Rocket Boys: A Memoir, about Coalwood

Homer Hickam published Rocket Boys: A Memoir, about Coalwood

Rocket Boys: A Memoir was selected by New York Times as one its "Great Books of the Year"

Rocket Boys: A Memoir was nominated by the National Book Critics Circle as Best Biography

William Hoffman wrote Tidewater Blood

Lonnie Bender purchased the Linger Chair Factory

Mary Lee Settle wrote Addie

Mary Lee Settle wrote Addie

Reported 40,149 marijuana plants destroyed in West Virginia

Paul Marshall retired from architecture and moved to South Carolina

The McLure Hotel was purchased by Pelican International Properties

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

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

Glenn Boyd caught a 52.7-inch Muskie

U.S. Forest Service published reports on West Virginia Forests

Fort Boreman was added to the National Register of Historic Places

Jennifer Garner starred in Daredevil