Tim Armstead

The Charleston Rotary club elected its first two women members

Cynthia Rylant earned the Newbery Honor Book for A Fine White Dust

The Ohio Valley Refining Company closed in St. Marys

The Shepherdstown historic district expanded

Former Governor Hulett Smith's wife, Mary Alice, died.

Edward Stifel II constructed a new three-story lodge

The business and operation tax (B&O) was eliminated for most business activities

Corporate net income tax rose to 9.75%

A lost of $279 million from the Consolidated Investment Fund

Charleston joined the Class a South Atlantic League

Hazo W Carter, Jr. became president of West Virginia State College

Chestnut Ridge Hospital was built

Harry Hamm authored the report "Wheeling 2000"

Denise Giardina wrote Storming Heaven

John Davis Chandler portrayed "Bleak" in the film Adventures in Babysitting

The West Virginia Association of Museums was organized

West Virginia had 69 bank holding companies and 134 subsidiaries

The Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge was established by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake was published in German

St. Francis Hospital was expanded

There were three Seventh Day Baptist churches in West Virginia with 411 adherents

Michael Smith won the New Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards

There was a special legislative session on education

Melvin Lentz became wood chopping champion

Weirton population was at 22,124

Meredith Sue Willis wrote Blazing Pencils

Wood County was the third most populous county in the state

Medal of Honor recipient Cornelius Charlton’s remains were moved to American Legion cemetery in Beckley

John Chambers went to work for Cisco Systems

A. James Manchin was elected to the House of Delegates

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

Joe Manchin defeated Patrick Morrisey for the U.S. Senate

Evan Jenkins was elected to serve the unexpired term of Robin Davis on the Supreme Court

Evan Jenkins and Tim Armstead were elected to fill vacancies on the Supreme Court

Carol Miller was elected to represent the 3rd Congressional District