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Chuck Howley was inducted into the WVU Sports Hall of Fame

J. Holmes Morrison became president of One Valley Bancorp of Virginia

The Kimball War Memorial was gutted by fire

Donna Jean Boley was the only Republican among 34 state senators

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor published Shiloh

Roger Howdyshell died

Dave McCullough began to create several color designs of marbles for a limited run each spring and fall

The Marlinton Opera House was acquired by the Pocahontas County Landmarks Commission to be restored

Louise McNeill published Hill Daughter: New and Selected Poems

The Department of Mines was renamed the West Virginia Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training

A floodwall was built at Williamson to protect the town from the Tug River

Moncove Lake State Park was created

Walter Dean Myers received the Coretta Scott King Award for his books

The National Bank of Commerce changed its name to Commerce Bank

A television version of Night of the Hunter was produced

Noah Cottrell died

The Philippi bridge's exterior was reconstructed

The speaker of the House of Delegates was Robert "Bob" Kiss

Weirton Steel ceased to be an employee-owned company

William Drennen and Kojo Jones wrote Red, White, Black & Blue: A Dual Memoir of Race and Class in Appalachia

Plans were made to consolidate Iaeger and Big Creek high schools in McDowell County

Chuck Kinder wrote The Last Mountain Dancer which includes the Mothman

The Mountain State University Cougars won the NAIA Division I national basketball championship

Mylan Laboratories announced plans to acquire non-generic drug maker King Pharmaceuticals

Huntington Banks became the third-largest bank holding company in West Virginia

The National Bank of Commerce became SunTrust

The New River Community and Technical College was made independent of Bluefield State College

The U.S. 60 bridge connecting Cabell and Wayne counties was named the Colonel Justice M. Chambers Memorial Bridge.