Shelley Moore Capito

Clarksburg opened a new public library designed by Marcel Breuer

William "Wally" Barron was released from prison

Birch River was included in the State Natural Streams Preservation Act

James Rowley served as interim president of Bluefield State College (now University)

Bretz coke ovens and mining plant were placed on the National Register of Historic Places

City National Bank assets at $37.4 million

Tim Pyles hired by the Bureau of Vocational Education to revitalize the crafts education program

Elvis Presley stayed in Daniel Boone Hotel when visiting Charleston

Little Jimmy Dickens rejoined the Grand Ole Opry

Congress designated the Dolly Sods Wilderness and Scenic Area

Easton Roller Mill was surveyed by the Historic American Engineering Record

Glade Creek gristmill completed

The spring pavilion was renovated at Barger Springs

Girls' state high school basketball tournament revived after dying off in the 1920s

Beckley Newspapers Corporation was sold to Clay Communications

J. Wade Gilley became president of Bluefield State College (now University)

Jennings Boyd named West Virginia Coach of the Year

Cabell Huntington Hospital expanded for the second time

Gaston Caperton was elected president of the McDonough-Caperton-Shepherd insurance company

Lou Austin died

French Carpenter record Elzic's Farewell is released

Shenandoah Downs closed

Buildings of McMillan Hospital were demolished in Charleston

Picnic shelters, restrooms, restaurant and amphitheater were added at Chief Logan State Park

Bernard Coffindaffer married June Woodrum

Cogar Arden set the world record for standing chopping a 10-inch yellow poplar in 16.2 seconds

Merger of Bluefield State College and Concord College ended

The Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) was created

Phyllis Curtin was invited to White House to sing for West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt

Julius DeGruyter wrote a second volume of the Kanawha Spectator

George Snyder received a MFA from University of North Carolina

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

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

West Virginia became the nation's second-leading coal producer

The Blackwater Chronicle was reissued by the West Virginia University Press

Albert Walker became president of Bluefield State College (now University)

Hatfield-McCoy Trail for all-terrain vehicles opened

Robert C. Byrd took a stand against Bush administration's call for war on Iraq

Allegheny Energy Company transferred 12,000 acres to the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge

Gale Catlett retired

Clarksburg's newspapers combined into one paper the Exponent Telegram

Stephen Coonts wrote Saucer

Camden Park celebrated its centennial

Gaston Caperton divorced Rachel Worby and remarried

Kim Pauley took job as director of the Charleston Ballet

Charleston Town Center shopping mall underwent a $3 million renovation

City National Bank no longer under direct federal supervision

NiSource sold Columbia Natural Resources to group of former executives

Stephen Coonts wrote Liberty

Simon McClure ran as the Libertarian candidate for governor

Joe Manchin was elected governor

Darrell McGraw was reelected state attorney general

Brent Benjamin was elected to the Supreme Court of Appeals

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

Joe Manchin defeated John Raese in the Senate race to fill Robert Byrd’s unexpired term.

Congressman Rahall defeated former justice Spike Maynard to claim his 18th term.

Randy Moss released by the Vikings after four games

David McKinley elected to Congress

McHugh defeated John Yoder in the general election to serve the remainder of Albright’s term

Natalie Tennant lost her bid for the United States Senate

Nick Rahall lost his reelection bid to Republican challenger Evan Jenkins

Republicans captured all three Congressional districts and one U.S. Senate seat

Alex Mooney was elected to represent West Virginia's Second Congressional District

Evan Jenkins was elected to represent West Virginia's Third Congressional District

Glen Gainer lost his bid to represent the First Congressional District

David McKinley won reelection to Congress