Read local news in News on iPhone

In Apple News, you can set up a local news feed to stay up to date on news, events, and weather in the places that matter to you most. You can follow your preferred locations and customize them to prioritize news from a specific city, town, or neighborhood. News stories from the primary location you follow also appear in your Today feed.

Note: Apple News isn’t available in all countries or regions. The Local News feed is available in the U.S. only. In other countries where Apple News is available, you can follow the locations you want to get news from. See the Apple Support article Availability of Apple Media Services.

Set up a local news feed

  1. Go to the News app 👁 Image
    on your iPhone.

  2. From the Today feed, tap Local, then do either of the following:

    • If you don’t follow any locations: Tap Get Started.

    • If you follow one or more locations in Local News: Tap Locations, then tap Manage Locations.

  3. Do any of the following:

    • Search for a news feed using your current location: If you’re getting started with local news, tap Current Location. If you follow one or more locations, tap the search field, then tap Current Location.

    • Search for a location: Tap the search field, enter a city, town, or zip code, then select a location from the search results.

    • Search by state or country: Scroll down and select a state or country. A list of locations in that state or country appears.

  4. Tap 👁 the Add button
    next to the location you want to follow, then tap 👁 the Close button
    or 👁 the Back button
    to go back to the list of locations.

  5. Tap 👁 the Close button
    to go back to the local news feed.

Locations you follow are listed in the Following tab under Local News.

Read local news

  1. Go to the News app 👁 Image
    on your iPhone.

  2. From the Today feed, tap Local, then tap a story to read it.

Customize the news feed for a location

After you follow a location, you can choose a specific city, town, or neighborhood to prioritize for news and weather.

  1. Go to the News app 👁 Image
    on your iPhone.

  2. From the Today feed, tap Local, then tap Locations.

  3. Tap Manage Locations.

  4. Tap Customize under the name of a location you follow. If you already added a specific location, tap the location’s name to change it.

  5. Tap the search field, enter a city, town, or zip code, then select a location from the search results.

Change locations in your local news feed

  1. Go to the News app 👁 Image
    on your iPhone.

  2. From the Today feed, tap Local, tap Locations, then select the location you want to read news about.

Follow local publishers

When you search for local news feeds by state or country, you can follow their local publishers directly.

  1. Go to the News app 👁 Image
    on your iPhone.

  2. From the Today feed, tap Local, then tap Locations.

  3. Tap Manage Locations, then scroll down and select a state or country.

  4. Scroll down to Local Publishers, then tap 👁 the Add button
    next to the publishers you want to follow.

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