Marc Harshman

Roger Howdyshell bought Marble King

John Sayles and Maggie Renzie arrived in West Virginia to produce a film about the Matewan Massacre

Kathy Mattea got a record contract with Mercury Records

Willow Glen "McKinley's Palace" was added to the National Register of Historic Places

No known granny-midwives were practicing in West Virginia

State Supreme Court ruled on La Rue v La Rue, which created the concept of equitable distribution of marital assets

Main Street Morgantown was organized

West Virginia Public Broadcasting's Mountain Stage began as a radio show hosted by Larry Groce and George Daugherty

Waterford Park (later Mountaineer) racetrack closed

The "Big John" dragline scoop came to the Hobet 21 surface mine in Boone and Lincoln counties

The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake was published by Atlantic Monthly Press/Little Brown

Silver Creek ski area opened

The major northern and southern branches of American Presbyterianism reunited

Ronald Ohl became president of Salem College

The Seneca Glass Company closed

Ada "Bricktop" Smith published her autobiography

Michael Smith recorded his first album, the Michael W. Smith Project

Silver Creek ski area opened down the mountain from Snowshoe

Tobacco was the second most valuable farm crop in West Virginia

Stephen and Deborah Starks continued publication of the Beacon Journal under the name West Virginia Beacon Digest

A continuous-care and kidney dialysis center was dedicated at Wheeling Hospital

Additional repairs were made to the Wheeling Suspension Bridge

Winterplace ski area opened

WSAZ music changed from program format to country music

The Diamond department store closed

"Diamond Teeth" Mary McClain appeared in the documentary Free Show Tonight

The Charleston Gazette-Mail named Buck Harless West Virginian of the Year

George Daugherty and Larry Groce hosted Mountain Stage

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

Lawmakers dedicated lottery profits to programs benefiting education, senior citizens, and tourism

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

Ice Mountain was named a national natural landmark

Ice Mountain was named a National Natural Landmark

Events celebrating West Virginia's 150th birthday took place in Charleston and in Wheeling