By Mark Rutledge | It’s late spring and a few groups of lucky lottery winners are about to gather for some deep-woods wonderment at Lamar Alexander Rocky Fork State Park in Flag Pond, Tennessee. For those who won the free online lottery, the show is about to begin. For everyone else — better luck next year.

Poetry by Harrison Miller, Summar West, James Bodenstedt, Daniela Summerlin, Mercedes Hawks, and Sean Kyte

By Jeff Keeling | This story was originally published and broadcast on Jan. 16, 2026 by WJHL-TV, an affiliate of CGS and ABC based in Johnson City, Tennessee. Pavlo Rybaruk, who lives in the Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine, is seen here wearing the Hutsul serdak, a traditional decorated jacket worn by men in the region. Rybaruk wore the Hutsul serdak for his graduation ceremony, hosted via Zoom by ETSU.