Governor Rockefeller gave Roy Lee Harmon emeritus status s poet laureate
The Huntington Advertiser ceased publication and merged into the Herald-Dispatch
Boar hunting began in West Virginia
The Allegheny Indian Council and Cultural Center was founded in Phillipi
The court ruled that unequal per pupil funding among West Virginia counties violated the state constitution's mandate for a "thorough and efficient" school system in Pauley v. Kelly
Maryat Lee wrote John Henry
The military program was discontinued at Linsly School
Jack Maurice became a contributing editor and columnist to the Charleston Daily Mail
Jon McBride became an astronaut
Louise McNeill was appointed poet laureate by Governor Rockefeller
Arnold Miller resigned as president of UMWA
State Supreme Court ruled on Morningstar v. Black and Decker, which held that the court had the ability to create common law
State Supreme Court ruled on Bradley v. Appalachian Power Co., where the court abolished the comparative negligence rule
A second Mormon "stake" was organized in Fairmont
Deadly riots prompted Arthur Recht to place Moundsville Penitentiary under judicial control
The WVU Personal Rapid Transit system was completed
Jayne Anne Phillips published Black Tickets
Gov. Jay Rockefeller persuades legislature to gradually eliminate the 3% sales tax on food
Jim Sprouse was appointed a judge of the 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals by President Jimmy Carter
Building C was added to the state police academy
Sam Church Jr. became president of UMWA
Marshall Buckalew was elected president of the West Virginia Historical Education Foundation
The West Virginia Historical Society ceased publication of West Virginia History
West Virginia Independence Hall was opened as a museum by the Department of Culture and History (now Arts, Culture & History)
The West Virginia Juried Exhibition was first held at the Cultural Center
Mack Samples began serving as festival president of the West Virginia State Folk Festival
The Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places
Meredith Sue Willis wrote A Space Apart
Tom Wolfe published The Right Stuff, celebrating Chuck Yeager
Virginia Maw Brown left the Interstate Commerce Commission
