Getting local manager Dashboard up and running in Home Assistant

configuration.yaml

#using pirateweather to get darksky-like local weather - https://github.com/alexander0042/pirate-weather-ha
weather:
  - platform: pirateweather
    api_key: !secret pirateweather_api_key
  - platform: pirateweather
    api_key: !secret pirateweather_api_key
    # Additional optional values:
    latitude: 42.6526
    longitude: -73.7562
    name: Albany
  - platform: pirateweather
    api_key: !secret pirateweather_api_key
    # Additional optional values:
    latitude: 40.7128
    longitude: -74.0060
    name: NYC
  - platform: pirateweather
    api_key: !secret pirateweather_api_key
    # Additional optional values:
    latitude: 33.7490
    longitude: -84.3880
    name: Atlanta
  - platform: pirateweather
    api_key: !secret pirateweather_api_key
    # Additional optional values:
    latitude: 25.7617
    longitude: -80.1918
    name: Miami

#Get local RSS news feeds via feedparser https://github.com/custom-components/feedparser
sensor:
  - platform: feedparser
    name: Albany News Feed
    feed_url: 'https://wnyt.com/rssFeeds/rss10114.xml'
    date_format: '%a, %b %d %I:%M %p'
    scan_interval:
      hours: 1
  - platform: feedparser
    name: NYC News Feed
    feed_url: 'https://www.nbcnewyork.com/?rss=y'
    date_format: '%a, %b %d %I:%M %p'
    scan_interval:
      hours: 1
  - platform: feedparser
    name: Atlanta News Feed
    feed_url: 'https://atlanta.cbslocal.com/feed/'
    date_format: '%a, %b %d %I:%M %p'
    scan_interval:
      hours: 1
  - platform: feedparser
    name: Miami News Feed
    feed_url: 'https://www.local10.com/arcio/rss/category/news/?size=10'
    date_format: '%a, %b %d %I:%M %p'
    scan_interval:
      hours: 1

dashboard.yaml

# need to include https://github.com/iantrich/list-card for displaying the RSS feeds
views:
  - title: US East Coast
    badges: []
    cards:
      - type: vertical-stack
        title: Albany
        cards:
          - type: weather-forecast
            entity: weather.albany
          - type: custom:list-card 
            entity: sensor.albany_news_feed
            title: Albany News
            feed_attribute: entries
            row_limit: 8
            columns:
              - title: Headline
                field: title
                add_link: link
      - type: vertical-stack
        title: New York City
        cards:
          - type: weather-forecast
            entity: weather.nyc
            name: New York City
          - type: custom:list-card
            entity: sensor.nyc_news_feed
            title: NYC News
            feed_attribute: entries
            row_limit: 8
            columns:
              - title: Headline
                field: title
                add_link: link
      - type: vertical-stack
        title: Atlanta
        cards:
          - type: weather-forecast
            entity: weather.atlanta
          - type: custom:list-card
            entity: sensor.atlanta_news_feed
            title: Atlanta News
            feed_attribute: entries
            row_limit: 8
            columns:
              - title: Headline
                field: title
                add_link: link
      - type: vertical-stack
        title: Miami
        cards:
          - type: weather-forecast
            entity: weather.miami
          - type: custom:list-card
            entity: sensor.miami_news_feed
            title: Miami News
            feed_attribute: entries
            row_limit: 8
            columns:
              - title: Headline
                field: title
                add_link: link

Notes.md

This is just meant to be some tips to help you get this up and running. If you are new to Home Assistant, or HACS then this is probably not a good place to start.

• You need to have HACS installed. https://hacs.xyz/
• Install feedparse via HACS - https://github.com/custom-components/feedparser
• Install list-card via HACS - https://github.com/iantrich/list-card
• Install pirate-weather - https://github.com/alexander0042/pirate-weather-ha
• Create you pirate weather account and get your api key
• Find the long and lat for your locations via google (remember those cordinates might be negative!)
• Find the news feeds you want via feedspot https://blog.feedspot.com/

Remember that feeds will take a file to initially download, so the dashboard will be slow to populate after an restart I don't know if the pirate api has notable limits that will stop this from working after a certain number of locations but it seemed to be fine with the 4 I added.

Someone mentioned COVID data. I am pretty sure this is available for HASSIO. Probably a similar approach would apply.