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# West Virginia

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## West Virginia


* ![Cheridan Quigly of Saint Albans, West Va. is vaccinated at Bible Center Church on June 4, 2021 in Charleston, West Va.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfeee1d7204f59327/698a1aba457a5260e1d65475/West_Virginia_Vaccine_Rollout_05.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 29, 2021  
## [Lessons From a West Virginia County's Vaccine Success](https://time.com/6075430/west-virginia-covid-19-vaccine-rollout/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Jamie Ducharme
* ![Rosemary Ketchum](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0387b06e304ea11e/698a0f3397cdff3adc6bada5/rosemary-ketchum.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 11, 2020  
## [West Virginia Elects First Trans Official](https://time.com/5851971/i-really-want-to-be-in-the-room-rosemary-ketchum-elected-as-west-virginias-first-openly-transgender-official/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Sanya Mansoor
* ![Bahamas Americans Killed](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0f75fd764627f221/6989ff9c096a94cc906a69eb/chris-cline-billionaire-coal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 5, 2019  
## [Billionaire Coal Executive Chris Cline Reported Dead After Helicopter Crash in Bahamas](https://time.com/5621037/billionaire-coal-executive-chris-cline-helicopter-crash/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Gina Martinez
* ![Rep. Ilhan Omar](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8c7ab9e042c70c3/69894620e76ad2716263444c/ilhan-omar-immigration.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 2, 2019  
## [Anti-Muslim Poster Targeting Rep. Omar Rocks Statehouse](https://time.com/5542375/west-virginia-ilhan-omar-anti-muslim/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Tara Law
* ![Education Bill-West Virginia](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1344778776d0828d/698945758fd2eefcf835dd3c/west-virginia-teachers-walkout-again.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 20, 2019  
## [Teachers Walk Out Again](https://time.com/5533275/west-virginia-teachers-walkout-education-bill/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Katie Reilly  
* ![The inebriated raccoon.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3593873c3e383892/69893f39457a52ac67d5fe6d/milton-police-department-raccoons1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 15, 2018  
## [Raccoons Who Police Assumed Had Rabies Were Actually Just Drunk](https://time.com/5456063/drunk-raccoons/)  
by Rachel E. Greenspan
* ![President Trump Arrives Back To The White House From New York After Attending United Nations General Assembly](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt836980f03129d30d/69893b5e457a526356d5f7fa/gettyimages-1041804574.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 30, 2018  
## [Trump Sees Midterm Boost in Kavanaugh](https://time.com/5410957/donald-trump-brett-kavanaugh-midterms/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Brian Bennett
* ![Bob Woodward's Book "Fear" On Trump Administration Hits Store Shelves](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ad0f77020e106ae/69893a5c97cdff7c0b6b63e1/west-bob-woodwar-fear-library.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 15, 2018  
## [West Virginia Library Tries to Keep Bob Woodward's 'Fear' Off of Its Shelves](https://time.com/5397165/west-virginia-library-bob-woodward-fear/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Alejandro de la Garza
* ![Republican Senate Candidate For West Virginia Don Blankenship Holds Primary Night Attend](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf054b53d15a6fff/69892fe597cdffe3ad6b52bf/gettyimages-956249246.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 9, 2018  
## [Are American Voters Acting Normal Again?](https://time.com/5270596/west-virginia-ohio-indiana-election-results/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Molly Ball
* ![Biggest Wildcat Strike In Decades Hints At New U.S. Labor Unrest](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt93c8eca0070b8b33/698929c10a4a229c1e9d1fdc/west-virginia-teacher-strike-students.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 5, 2018  
## [What the W. Virginia Teacher Strike Means for Students](https://time.com/5186596/west-virginia-teachers-strike-parents-students/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Katie Reilly  
* ![Teacher Pay, Charleston, USA - 22 Feb 2018](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68956aad3cf9e215/698928b5929fadabb4befbc1/west-virginia-teacher-protests.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 26, 2018  
## [Here's Why West Virginia Teachers Are On Strike](https://time.com/5176094/west-virginia-teacher-strike/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Maya Rhodan
* ![President Trump Holds Rally In Huntington, West Virginia](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2014b46317e7d43b/6988d86d0a4a2243769cf54c/gettyimages-826188782.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 4, 2017  
## [Trump Denies Russia Claims as Grand Jury Impaneled](https://time.com/4887174/donald-trump-russia-west-virginia/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Zeke J Miller
* ![President Donald Trump talks with West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice during a rally Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, in Huntington, W.Va. Justice, a Democrat, announced that he is switching parties to join the Republicans.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae2df873c462dc19/6988d86eab6d77060b6af441/donald-trump-governor-jim-justice-party-allegiance-switch-democrat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 4, 2017  
## ['I Can't Help You Anymore Being a Democrat.' West Virginia Governor Switches Parties at Trump Rally](https://time.com/4886765/west-virginia-rally-jim-justice-republican-trump/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Alana Abramson
* ![Coal miners appear in Southern Coal Corporation coal mine Pay Car Inc. No. 58 in Monroe County, W.Va., on Mar. 17, 2017.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5e26ad9f72e6b3f6/6988c127fb4eac81fe8915f5/coal-country-peter-van-agtmael-13.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 6, 2017  
## [Below the Surface: Photographing Coal Miners Without the Stereotypes](https://time.com/4724913/coal-country/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Peter van Agtmael
* ![First Lady Michelle Obama Speaks At Event Celebrating 20th Century Art](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c22a160f2c24500/6988b2ba8fd2ee401b35528f/michelle-obama-west-virginia.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 13, 2016  
## [West Virginia Official Who Called Michelle Obama an ‘Ape in Heels’ Can Return to Work](https://time.com/4599263/michelle-obama-racism-ape/)  
by Samantha Cooney and Katie Reilly

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