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		<title>What Even Is a Vacation?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Stepping away isn’t always easy. For many, the idea of a vacation comes with a familiar image. Five to seven days somewhere warm, sand between your toes, and just enough [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com/2026/03/29/what-even-is-a-vacation/">What Even Is a Vacation?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com">The Dominion Post</a>.</p>
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		<title>The time has come</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2025 13:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>This past September, I wrote a column to serve as a tentative goodbye, should my time at The Dominion Post be coming to an end. As it turned out, that [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com/2025/03/02/the-time-has-come/">The time has come</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com">The Dominion Post</a>.</p>
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		<title>Let me binge vicariously through you</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Long McDowell (editor)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Feb 2025 13:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I have a ridiculous amount of stuff going on right now. I won’t get into the details today, but will probably share more about it next week. Suffice to say, [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com/2025/02/16/let-me-binge-vicariously-through-you/">Let me binge vicariously through you</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com">The Dominion Post</a>.</p>
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		<title>What&#8217;s in a name? A better life for pets</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Long McDowell (editor)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2025 13:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Soon, I will be lending a hand at the largest no-kill animal sanctuary in the country. Since visiting Best Friends in Kanab, Utah, this past summer, I have dreamed of [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com/2025/02/02/whats-in-a-name-a-better-life-for-pets-2/">What&#8217;s in a name? A better life for pets</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com">The Dominion Post</a>.</p>
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		<title>What&#8217;s in a name? A better life for pets</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Long McDowell (editor)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2025 02:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Soon, I will be lending a hand at the largest no-kill animal sanctuary in the country. Since visiting Best Friends in Kanab, Utah, this past summer, I have dreamed of [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com/2025/02/01/whats-in-a-name-a-better-life-for-pets/">What&#8217;s in a name? A better life for pets</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com">The Dominion Post</a>.</p>
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		<title>Making friends, not foes, with AI</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2025 13:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I remember when the most common form of artificial intelligence was a 20-year-old philosophy major waxing wise on the meaning of life. There was nothing real about that sophomore-year acumen. [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com/2025/01/19/making-friends-not-foes-with-ai/">Making friends, not foes, with AI</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com">The Dominion Post</a>.</p>
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		<title>Kids conspiring against improved health</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Long McDowell (editor)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Dec 2024 13:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>My dogs are seriously messing up my mornings. For the past several months, I’ve been trying to wake up earlier so as to get to the gym first thing before [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/12/28/kids-conspiring-against-improved-health/">Kids conspiring against improved health</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com">The Dominion Post</a>.</p>
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		<title>Everyone needs a rock sometimes</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Long McDowell (editor)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2024 01:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>A couple of months ago, my dad mentioned he missed seeing those colorful, decorated rocks that began popping up in random places during the pandemic. Fueled, I suppose, by more [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/09/29/everybody-needs-a-rock-sometimes/">Everyone needs a rock sometimes</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com">The Dominion Post</a>.</p>
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		<title>&#8216;Watch out for deer&#8217; — Not good at good-byes (if this is one)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Long McDowell (editor)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2024 02:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>It’s crazy how the world works. Every morning, we wake up, believing we know what the next 24 hours will bring. Some mornings, we’re right. Others, we couldn’t be more [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/09/14/watch-out-for-deer-not-good-at-good-byes-if-this-is-one/">&#8216;Watch out for deer&#8217; — Not good at good-byes (if this is one)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com">The Dominion Post</a>.</p>
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		<title>Public comments oppose Lake Lynn Generation&#8217;s request to lower Cheat Lake; company submits more information to support proposal</title>
		<link>https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/07/24/public-comments-oppose-lake-lynn-generations-request-to-lower-cheat-lake-company-submits-more-information-to-support-proposal/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Beard/ The Dominion Post]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2024 17:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>MORGANTOWN — Lake Lynn Generation this week submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission information amplifying its request to lower its seasonal minimal Cheat Lake reservoir level by three feet. [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com/2024/07/24/public-comments-oppose-lake-lynn-generations-request-to-lower-cheat-lake-company-submits-more-information-to-support-proposal/">Public comments oppose Lake Lynn Generation&#8217;s request to lower Cheat Lake; company submits more information to support proposal</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dominionpost.com">The Dominion Post</a>.</p>
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