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.
Stories from the primary location you follow also appear in your Today feed, and you can use your current location to find a news feed. You can also search for a news feed by state or country.
Note: Apple News isn’t available in all countries or regions. The Local News feed is available in the U.S. only.
Set up a local news feed
- Open the News app on your iPhone.
- 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 and tap Manage Locations.
- 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 and tap Current Location.
- Search for a location: Tap the search field and 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.
- Tap the Add button next to the location you want to follow. Tap the Close button or the Back button to go back to the list of locations.
- Tap the Close button to go back to the local news feed.
The Following tab lists the locations you follow under Local News.
Read local news
- Open the News app on your iPhone.
- From the Today feed, tap Local and tap a story to read it.
Customize the news feed for a location
When you follow a location, you can prioritize a specific city, town, or neighborhood for news and weather.
- Open the News app on your iPhone.
- From the Today feed, tap Local and then tap Locations.
- Tap Manage Locations.
- 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.
- Tap the search field and enter a city, town, or zip code. Then select a location from the search results.
Change locations in your local news feed
- Open the News app on your iPhone.
- From the Today feed, tap Local, tap Locations, and then select the location you want to read news about.
Follow local publishers
Search for local news feeds by state or country, and you can follow their local publishers directly.
- Open the News app on your iPhone.
- From the Today feed, tap Local and then tap Locations.
- Tap Manage Locations and then scroll down and select a state or country.
- Scroll down to Local Publishers and tap the Add button next to the publishers you want to follow.
