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Spring flowers are abundant in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

By Jacqui Sieber

Published May 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM EDT

One national park boasts the most diverse collection of wildflowers in the country, and they're blooming right now.

Jacqui Sieber

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Families' return to destroyed homes after Hurricane Helene

Jacqui Sieber

Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee will take a long time to recover from Hurricane Helene, but efforts are underway to bring relief to remote areas.
Lottery winners get to see the magical mating display of a special firefly species

Jacqui Sieber

There's a species of fireflies that synchronizes its lights. It only happens in a few very dark places in Appalachia and it takes winning a lottery to see.