diff --git a/app/Widgets/BaseWidget.php b/app/Widgets/BaseWidget.php
index f039f748..57436b4c 100644
--- a/app/Widgets/BaseWidget.php
+++ b/app/Widgets/BaseWidget.php
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ use Arrilot\Widgets\AbstractWidget;
 
 class BaseWidget extends AbstractWidget
 {
+    public $cacheTime = 0;
+
     public function view(string $template, array $vars = [])
     {
         $tpl = 'layouts/' . config('phpvms.skin') . '/' . $template;
diff --git a/app/Widgets/LatestNews.php b/app/Widgets/LatestNews.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..74ef9123
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Widgets/LatestNews.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Widgets;
+
+use App\Repositories\NewsRepository;
+
+class LatestNews extends BaseWidget
+{
+    protected $config = [
+        'count' => 5,
+    ];
+
+    /**
+     * @return \Illuminate\Contracts\View\Factory|\Illuminate\View\View
+     */
+    public function run()
+    {
+        $newsRepo = app(NewsRepository::class);
+
+        return $this->view('widgets.latest_news', [
+            'config' => $this->config,
+            'news' => $newsRepo->recent($this->config['count']),
+        ]);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/resources/views/layouts/default/dashboard/index.blade.php b/resources/views/layouts/default/dashboard/index.blade.php
index 9a98ca6f..6a7c2462 100644
--- a/resources/views/layouts/default/dashboard/index.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/layouts/default/dashboard/index.blade.php
@@ -57,17 +57,7 @@
             @include('layouts.default.pireps.pirep_card', ['pirep' => $last_pirep])
         @endif
 
-        <div class="card">
-            <div class="nav nav-tabs" role="tablist" style="background: #067ec1; color: #FFF;">
-                News
-            </div>
-            <div class="card-block">
-                <!-- Tab panes -->
-                <div class="tab-content">
-                    News goes here!
-                </div>
-            </div>
-        </div>
+        {{ Widget::latestNews(['count' => 1]) }}
 
     </div>
     <div class="col-sm-4">
diff --git a/resources/views/layouts/default/widgets/latest_news.blade.php b/resources/views/layouts/default/widgets/latest_news.blade.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d9c0757
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/views/layouts/default/widgets/latest_news.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<div class="nav nav-tabs" role="tablist" style="background: #067ec1; color: #FFF;">
+    News
+</div>
+<div class="card border-blue-bottom">
+    <div class="card-block" style="min-height: 0px">
+        @if($news->count() === 0)
+            <div class="text-center text-muted" style="padding: 30px;">
+                no news items
+            </div>
+        @endif
+
+        @foreach($news as $item)
+            <h4 style="margin-top: 0px;">{!! $item->subject !!}</h4>
+            <p class="category">{!! $item->user->name !!}
+                - {!! show_datetime($item->created_at) !!}</p>
+
+            {!! $item->body !!}
+        @endforeach
+    </div>
+</div>