<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9"><url><loc>https://www.thebight.co/p/whats-deep-inside-idahos-panhandle</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>The Bight</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-19T19:00:42+00:00</news:publication_date><news:title>What’s Deep Inside Idaho's Panhandle?</news:title></news:news></url><url><loc>https://www.thebight.co/p/why-we-have-two-carolinas</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>The Bight</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-19T12:03:32+00:00</news:publication_date><news:title>Why we have two Carolinas</news:title></news:news></url><url><loc>https://www.thebight.co/p/why-70000-people-live-on-alaskas</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>The Bight</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-18T19:01:16+00:00</news:publication_date><news:title>Why 70,000 People Live On Alaska's Weird Isolated Islands</news:title></news:news></url></urlset>