diff --git a/src/.claude/settings.json b/src/.claude/settings.json
index eeec559c30d..7d7999811a8 100644
--- a/src/.claude/settings.json
+++ b/src/.claude/settings.json
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@
       "WebFetch(domain:www.anthropic.com)",
       "WebFetch(domain:mistral.ai)",
       "Bash(pnpm i18n:*)",
-      "WebFetch(domain:simplelocalize.io)"
+      "WebFetch(domain:simplelocalize.io)",
+      "Bash(pnpm list:*)",
+      "Bash(pnpm why:*)",
+      "mcp__github__get_issue"
     ],
     "deny": []
   }
diff --git a/src/packages/database/postgres/news.ts b/src/packages/database/postgres/news.ts
index 03c7b2c4195..cb94ebbeb26 100644
--- a/src/packages/database/postgres/news.ts
+++ b/src/packages/database/postgres/news.ts
@@ -23,11 +23,13 @@ export function clearCache(): void {
 const Q_FEED = `
 SELECT
   id, channel, title, text, url,
-  extract(epoch from date::timestamp)::integer as date
+  extract(epoch from date::timestamp)::integer as date,
+  extract(epoch from until::timestamp)::integer as until
 FROM news
 WHERE news.date <= NOW()
   AND hide IS NOT TRUE
   AND channel != '${EVENT_CHANNEL}'
+  AND (until IS NULL OR until > NOW())
 ORDER BY date DESC
 LIMIT 100`;
 
@@ -40,7 +42,8 @@ export async function getFeedData(): Promise<NewsItem[]> {
 const Q_BY_ID = `
 SELECT
   id, channel, title, text, url, hide, tags,
-  extract(epoch from date::timestamptz)::INTEGER as date
+  extract(epoch from date::timestamptz)::INTEGER as date,
+  extract(epoch from until::timestamptz)::INTEGER as until
 FROM news
 WHERE id = $1`;
 
@@ -56,7 +59,9 @@ const Q_BY_ID_USER = `
 SELECT
   id, channel, title, text, url, hide, tags, history,
   date >= NOW() as future,
-  extract(epoch from date::timestamptz)::INTEGER as date
+  until IS NOT NULL AND until <= NOW() as expired,
+  extract(epoch from date::timestamptz)::INTEGER as date,
+  extract(epoch from until::timestamptz)::INTEGER as until
 FROM news
 WHERE id = $1`;
 
@@ -68,6 +73,7 @@ WHERE date >= (SELECT date FROM news WHERE id = $1)
   AND hide IS NOT TRUE
   AND date < NOW()
   AND channel != '${EVENT_CHANNEL}'
+  AND (until IS NULL OR until > NOW())
 ORDER BY date ASC, id ASC
 LIMIT 1`;
 
@@ -79,6 +85,7 @@ WHERE date <= (SELECT date FROM news WHERE id = $1)
   AND hide IS NOT TRUE
   AND date < NOW()
   AND channel != '${EVENT_CHANNEL}'
+  AND (until IS NULL OR until > NOW())
 ORDER BY date DESC, id DESC
 LIMIT 1`;
 
@@ -104,7 +111,9 @@ const Q_INDEX = `
 SELECT
   id, channel, title, text, url, hide, tags,
   date >= NOW() as future,
-  extract(epoch from date::timestamptz)::INTEGER as date
+  until IS NOT NULL AND until <= NOW() as expired,
+  extract(epoch from date::timestamptz)::INTEGER as date,
+  extract(epoch from until::timestamptz)::INTEGER as until
 FROM news
     WHERE channel <> '${EVENT_CHANNEL}'
 ORDER BY date DESC
@@ -122,11 +131,13 @@ export async function getIndex(
 const Q_MOST_RECENT = `
 SELECT
   id, channel, title, tags,
-  extract(epoch from date::timestamptz)::INTEGER as date
+  extract(epoch from date::timestamptz)::INTEGER as date,
+  extract(epoch from until::timestamptz)::INTEGER as until
 FROM news
 WHERE date <= NOW()
   AND hide IS NOT TRUE
   AND channel != '${EVENT_CHANNEL}'
+  AND (until IS NULL OR until > NOW())
 ORDER BY date DESC
 LIMIT 1`;
 
@@ -137,11 +148,13 @@ export async function getMostRecentNews(): Promise<RecentHeadline | null> {
 const Q_RECENT = `
 SELECT
   id, channel, title, tags,
-  extract(epoch from date::timestamptz)::INTEGER as date
+  extract(epoch from date::timestamptz)::INTEGER as date,
+  extract(epoch from until::timestamptz)::INTEGER as until
 FROM news
 WHERE date <= NOW()
   AND channel != '${EVENT_CHANNEL}'
   AND hide IS NOT TRUE
+  AND (until IS NULL OR until > NOW())
 ORDER BY date DESC
 LIMIT $1`;
 
@@ -158,11 +171,13 @@ export async function getRecentHeadlines(
 const Q_UPCOMING_NEWS_CHANNEL_ITEMS = `
 SELECT
   id, channel, title, text, url, tags,
-  extract(epoch from date::timestamp)::integer as date
+  extract(epoch from date::timestamp)::integer as date,
+  extract(epoch from until::timestamp)::integer as until
 FROM news
 WHERE date >= NOW()
   AND channel = $1
   AND hide IS NOT TRUE
+  AND (until IS NULL OR until > NOW())
 ORDER BY date
 LIMIT 100`;
 
@@ -176,11 +191,13 @@ export async function getUpcomingNewsChannelItems(
 const Q_PAST_NEWS_CHANNEL_ITEMS = `
 SELECT
   id, channel, title, text, url, tags,
-  extract(epoch from date::timestamp)::integer as date
+  extract(epoch from date::timestamp)::integer as date,
+  extract(epoch from until::timestamp)::integer as until
 FROM news
 WHERE date <= NOW()
   AND channel = $1
   AND hide IS NOT TRUE
+  AND (until IS NULL OR until > NOW())
 ORDER BY date DESC
 LIMIT 100`;
 
diff --git a/src/packages/next/components/news/news.tsx b/src/packages/next/components/news/news.tsx
index 2dd420c3ae8..ae528707041 100644
--- a/src/packages/next/components/news/news.tsx
+++ b/src/packages/next/components/news/news.tsx
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@
 import { Alert, Button, Card, Flex, Space, Tag, Tooltip } from "antd";
 import { useRouter } from "next/router";
 import { Fragment } from "react";
+import TimeAgo from "timeago-react";
 
 import { Icon, IconName } from "@cocalc/frontend/components/icon";
 import Markdown from "@cocalc/frontend/editors/slate/static-markdown";
+import { KUCALC_COCALC_COM } from "@cocalc/util/db-schema/site-defaults";
 import {
   capitalize,
   getRandomColor,
@@ -24,11 +26,9 @@ import {
 } from "@cocalc/util/types/news";
 import { CSS, Paragraph, Text, Title } from "components/misc";
 import A from "components/misc/A";
-import TimeAgo from "timeago-react";
-import { useDateStr } from "./useDateStr";
 import { useCustomize } from "lib/customize";
-import { KUCALC_COCALC_COM } from "@cocalc/util/db-schema/site-defaults";
 import { SocialMediaShareLinks } from "../landing/social-media-share-links";
+import { useDateStr } from "./useDateStr";
 
 const STYLE: CSS = {
   borderColor: COLORS.GRAY_M,
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ const STYLE: CSS = {
 } as const;
 
 interface Props {
-  // NewsWithFuture with optional future property
-  news: NewsItem & { future?: boolean };
+  // NewsWithStatus with optional future and expired properties
+  news: NewsItem & { future?: boolean; expired?: boolean };
   dns?: string;
   showEdit?: boolean;
   small?: boolean; // limit height, essentially
@@ -55,7 +55,19 @@ export function News(props: Props) {
     historyMode = false,
     onTagClick,
   } = props;
-  const { id, url, tags, title, date, channel, text, future, hide } = news;
+  const {
+    id,
+    url,
+    tags,
+    title,
+    date,
+    channel,
+    text,
+    future,
+    hide,
+    expired,
+    until,
+  } = news;
   const dateStr = useDateStr(news, historyMode);
   const permalink = slugURL(news);
   const { kucalc, siteURL } = useCustomize();
@@ -183,6 +195,28 @@ export function News(props: Props) {
     }
   }
 
+  function renderExpired() {
+    if (expired) {
+      return (
+        <Alert
+          banner
+          type="warning"
+          message={
+            <>
+              Expired news item, not shown to users.
+              {typeof until === "number" && (
+                <>
+                  {" "}
+                  Expired <TimeAgo datetime={new Date(1000 * until)} />.
+                </>
+              )}
+            </>
+          }
+        />
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
   function renderTags() {
     return <TagList mode="news" tags={tags} onTagClick={onTagClick} />;
   }
@@ -269,6 +303,7 @@ export function News(props: Props) {
         </Title>
         {renderFuture()}
         {renderHidden()}
+        {renderExpired()}
         <Markdown value={text} style={{ ...style, minHeight: "20vh" }} />
 
         <Flex align="baseline" justify="space-between" wrap="wrap">
@@ -303,6 +338,7 @@ export function News(props: Props) {
         >
           {renderFuture()}
           {renderHidden()}
+          {renderExpired()}
           <Markdown value={text} style={style} />
         </Card>
       </>
diff --git a/src/packages/next/components/news/types.ts b/src/packages/next/components/news/types.ts
index e189de961ef..d4ea0a97da4 100644
--- a/src/packages/next/components/news/types.ts
+++ b/src/packages/next/components/news/types.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 import { NewsItem } from "@cocalc/util/types/news";
 
-export interface NewsWithFuture extends NewsItem {
+export interface NewsWithStatus extends NewsItem {
   future: boolean;
+  expired?: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/src/packages/next/pages/about/events.tsx b/src/packages/next/pages/about/events.tsx
index 638aff3fa53..924afea0bff 100644
--- a/src/packages/next/pages/about/events.tsx
+++ b/src/packages/next/pages/about/events.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import IndexList, { DataSource } from "components/landing/index-list";
 import { CSS } from "components/misc";
 import A from "components/misc/A";
 import { TagList } from "components/news/news";
-import type { NewsWithFuture } from "components/news/types";
+import type { NewsWithStatus } from "components/news/types";
 import { useDateStr } from "components/news/useDateStr";
 
 import { MAX_WIDTH } from "lib/config";
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ const BODY_STYLE: CSS = {
   maxHeight: "max(300px, 75vh)",
   overflowY: "auto",
 } as const;
+
 interface TitleComponentProps {
-  newsItem: NewsWithFuture;
+  newsItem: NewsWithStatus;
   showHelpTicket?: boolean;
 }
 
@@ -81,8 +82,8 @@ const TitleComponent = ({ newsItem, showHelpTicket }: TitleComponentProps) => (
 
 interface EventsProps {
   customize: CustomizeType;
-  upcomingEvents: NewsWithFuture[];
-  pastEvents: NewsWithFuture[];
+  upcomingEvents: NewsWithStatus[];
+  pastEvents: NewsWithStatus[];
 }
 
 export default function Events({
diff --git a/src/packages/next/pages/api/v2/news/edit.ts b/src/packages/next/pages/api/v2/news/edit.ts
index b7b57bcdf25..50d3a2d1acd 100644
--- a/src/packages/next/pages/api/v2/news/edit.ts
+++ b/src/packages/next/pages/api/v2/news/edit.ts
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ export default async function handle(req: Request, res: Response) {
 }
 
 async function doIt(req: Request) {
-  // date is unix timestamp in seconds
-  const { id, title, text, date, channel, url, tags, hide } = getParams(req);
+  // date and until are unix timestamps in seconds
+  const { id, title, text, date, channel, url, tags, hide, until } = getParams(req);
 
   const account_id = await getAccountId(req);
 
@@ -55,5 +55,6 @@ async function doIt(req: Request) {
     date: date ? new Date(1000 * date) : new Date(),
     channel,
     hide: !!hide,
+    until: until ? new Date(1000 * until) : undefined,
   });
 }
diff --git a/src/packages/next/pages/news/[id].tsx b/src/packages/next/pages/news/[id].tsx
index 1e57785977a..172649a02a4 100644
--- a/src/packages/next/pages/news/[id].tsx
+++ b/src/packages/next/pages/news/[id].tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import Head from "components/landing/head";
 import Header from "components/landing/header";
 import A from "components/misc/A";
 import { News } from "components/news/news";
-import { NewsWithFuture } from "components/news/types";
+import { NewsWithStatus } from "components/news/types";
 import { useDateStr } from "components/news/useDateStr";
 import Loading from "components/share/loading";
 import { MAX_WIDTH, NOT_FOUND } from "lib/config";
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import withCustomize from "lib/with-customize";
 
 interface Props {
   customize: CustomizeType;
-  news: NewsWithFuture;
+  news: NewsWithStatus;
   prev?: NewsPrevNext;
   next?: NewsPrevNext;
   metadata: {
@@ -42,12 +42,14 @@ interface Props {
     image: string;
     published: string;
     modified: string;
-  }
+  };
 }
 
-const formatNewsTime = (newsDate: NewsWithFuture['date']) => (
-  typeof newsDate === "number" ? dayjs.unix(newsDate) : dayjs(newsDate)
-).toISOString();
+const formatNewsTime = (newsDate: NewsWithStatus["date"]) =>
+  (typeof newsDate === "number"
+    ? dayjs.unix(newsDate)
+    : dayjs(newsDate)
+  ).toISOString();
 
 export default function NewsPage(props: Props) {
   const { customize, news, prev, next, metadata } = props;
@@ -146,17 +148,17 @@ export default function NewsPage(props: Props) {
     <Customize value={customize}>
       <Head title={title} />
       <NextHead>
-        <meta property="og:type" content="article"/>
+        <meta property="og:type" content="article" />
 
-        <meta property="og:title" content={metadata.title}/>
-        <meta property="og:url" content={metadata.url}/>
-        <meta property="og:image" content={metadata.image}/>
+        <meta property="og:title" content={metadata.title} />
+        <meta property="og:url" content={metadata.url} />
+        <meta property="og:image" content={metadata.image} />
 
-        <meta property="article:published_time" content={metadata.published}/>
-        <meta property="article:modified_time" content={metadata.modified}/>
+        <meta property="article:published_time" content={metadata.published} />
+        <meta property="article:modified_time" content={metadata.modified} />
       </NextHead>
       <Layout>
-        <Header/>
+        <Header />
         <Layout.Content
           style={{
             backgroundColor: "white",
@@ -197,10 +199,8 @@ export async function getServerSideProps(context: GetServerSidePropsContext) {
     // Extract image URL from parsed Markdown. By converting to HTML first, we
     // automatically add support for HTML that's been embedded into Markdown.
     //
-    const $markdown = markdown_to_cheerio(news.text)
-    const imgSrc = $markdown('img')
-      .first()
-      .attr('src');
+    const $markdown = markdown_to_cheerio(news.text);
+    const imgSrc = $markdown("img").first().attr("src");
 
     // Format published time
     //
@@ -219,10 +219,10 @@ export async function getServerSideProps(context: GetServerSidePropsContext) {
       ? formatNewsTime(newsModificationTimestamps[0])
       : publishedTime;
 
-    const metadata: Props['metadata'] = {
+    const metadata: Props["metadata"] = {
       title: news.title,
       url: `${siteURL}${slugURL(news)}`,
-      image: imgSrc || '',
+      image: imgSrc || "",
       published: publishedTime,
       modified: modifiedTime,
       author: `${siteName}`,
diff --git a/src/packages/next/pages/news/[id]/[timestamp].tsx b/src/packages/next/pages/news/[id]/[timestamp].tsx
index be11997add3..2b2f1a987e2 100644
--- a/src/packages/next/pages/news/[id]/[timestamp].tsx
+++ b/src/packages/next/pages/news/[id]/[timestamp].tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import Head from "components/landing/head";
 import Header from "components/landing/header";
 import A from "components/misc/A";
 import { News } from "components/news/news";
-import { NewsWithFuture } from "components/news/types";
+import { NewsWithStatus } from "components/news/types";
 import { useDateStr } from "components/news/useDateStr";
 import { MAX_WIDTH, NOT_FOUND } from "lib/config";
 import { Customize, CustomizeType } from "lib/customize";
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import withCustomize from "lib/with-customize";
 
 interface Props {
   customize: CustomizeType;
-  news: NewsWithFuture;
+  news: NewsWithStatus;
   timestamp: number; // unix epoch in seconds
   prev?: number;
   next?: number;
diff --git a/src/packages/next/pages/news/edit/[id].tsx b/src/packages/next/pages/news/edit/[id].tsx
index 4274862f0ff..1d4cb4f8903 100644
--- a/src/packages/next/pages/news/edit/[id].tsx
+++ b/src/packages/next/pages/news/edit/[id].tsx
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ interface Props {
   news?: NewsItem;
 }
 
-type NewsTypeForm = Omit<NewsItem, "date"> & { date: dayjs.Dayjs };
+type NewsTypeForm = Omit<NewsItem, "date" | "until"> & { date: dayjs.Dayjs; until?: dayjs.Dayjs };
 
 export default function EditNews(props: Props) {
   const { customize, news } = props;
@@ -68,10 +68,12 @@ export default function EditNews(props: Props) {
 
   const date: dayjs.Dayjs =
     typeof news?.date === "number" ? dayjs.unix(news.date) : dayjs();
+  const until: dayjs.Dayjs | undefined =
+    typeof news?.until === "number" ? dayjs.unix(news.until) : undefined;
 
   const init: NewsTypeForm =
     news != null
-      ? { ...news, tags: news.tags ?? [], date }
+      ? { ...news, tags: news.tags ?? [], date, until }
       : {
           hide: false,
           title: "",
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ export default function EditNews(props: Props) {
           tags: [],
           channel: "feature",
           date: dayjs(),
+          until: undefined,
         };
 
   const [data, setData] = useState<NewsTypeForm>(init);
@@ -111,8 +114,13 @@ export default function EditNews(props: Props) {
   async function save() {
     setSaving(true);
     try {
-      // send data, but convert date field to epoch seconds
-      const next = { ...data, id, date: data.date.unix() };
+      // send data, but convert date and until fields to epoch seconds
+      const next = { 
+        ...data, 
+        id, 
+        date: data.date.unix(),
+        until: data.until?.unix()
+      };
       const { channel } = data;
       const ret = await apiPost("/news/edit", next);
       if (ret == null || ret.id == null) {
@@ -225,6 +233,14 @@ export default function EditNews(props: Props) {
           >
             <DatePicker changeOnBlur showTime={true} allowClear={false} />
           </Form.Item>
+          <Form.Item
+            label="Until"
+            name="until"
+            rules={[{ required: false }]}
+            extra="Optional expiration date - news item will not be shown after this date. Leave empty to never expire."
+          >
+            <DatePicker changeOnBlur showTime={true} allowClear={true} />
+          </Form.Item>
           <Form.Item
             label="Channel"
             name="channel"
@@ -276,7 +292,7 @@ export default function EditNews(props: Props) {
         <Row gutter={30}>
           <Col span={16}>
             <Paragraph>
-              <News news={{ ...data, id, date: data.date.unix() }} />
+              <News news={{ ...data, id, date: data.date.unix(), until: data.until?.unix() }} />
             </Paragraph>
           </Col>
           <Col span={8}>
diff --git a/src/packages/next/pages/news/index.tsx b/src/packages/next/pages/news/index.tsx
index 140e02c92d2..712a6029552 100644
--- a/src/packages/next/pages/news/index.tsx
+++ b/src/packages/next/pages/news/index.tsx
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import Header from "components/landing/header";
 import { Paragraph, Title } from "components/misc";
 import A from "components/misc/A";
 import { News } from "components/news/news";
-import type { NewsWithFuture } from "components/news/types";
+import type { NewsWithStatus } from "components/news/types";
 import { MAX_WIDTH } from "lib/config";
 import { Customize, CustomizeType } from "lib/customize";
 import useProfile from "lib/hooks/profile";
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function isChannelAll(s?: string): s is ChannelAll {
 }
 interface Props {
   customize: CustomizeType;
-  news: NewsWithFuture[];
+  news: NewsWithStatus[];
   offset: number;
   tag?: string; // used for searching for a tag, used on /news/[id] standalone pages
   channel?: string; // a channel to filter by
@@ -130,17 +130,13 @@ export default function AllNews(props: Props) {
             onChange={(e) => setChannel(e.target.value)}
           >
             <Radio.Button value="all">Show All</Radio.Button>
-            {
-              CHANNELS
-                .filter((c) => c !== "event")
-                .map((c) => (
-                  <Tooltip key={c} title={CHANNELS_DESCRIPTIONS[c]}>
-                    <Radio.Button key={c} value={c}>
-                      <Icon name={CHANNELS_ICONS[c] as IconName}/> {capitalize(c)}
-                    </Radio.Button>
-                  </Tooltip>
-                ))
-            }
+            {CHANNELS.filter((c) => c !== "event").map((c) => (
+              <Tooltip key={c} title={CHANNELS_DESCRIPTIONS[c]}>
+                <Radio.Button key={c} value={c}>
+                  <Icon name={CHANNELS_ICONS[c] as IconName} /> {capitalize(c)}
+                </Radio.Button>
+              </Tooltip>
+            ))}
           </Radio.Group>
         </Col>
         <Col>
@@ -159,8 +155,8 @@ export default function AllNews(props: Props) {
 
   function renderNews() {
     const rendered = news
-      // only admins see future and hidden news
-      .filter((n) => isAdmin || (!n.future && !n.hide))
+      // only admins see future, hidden, and expired news
+      .filter((n) => isAdmin || (!n.future && !n.hide && !n.expired))
       .filter((n) => channel === "all" || n.channel == channel)
       .filter((n) => {
         if (search === "") return true;
@@ -341,7 +337,7 @@ export default function AllNews(props: Props) {
 
   return (
     <Customize value={customize}>
-      <Head title={`${siteName} News`}/>
+      <Head title={`${siteName} News`} />
       <Layout>
         <Header page="news" />
         <Layout.Content
diff --git a/src/packages/server/news/edit.ts b/src/packages/server/news/edit.ts
index 6fe0e5ba2dd..dc17599fc38 100644
--- a/src/packages/server/news/edit.ts
+++ b/src/packages/server/news/edit.ts
@@ -15,34 +15,34 @@ const L = getLogger("server:news:edit").debug;
 
 export default async function editNews(opts: NewsItem) {
   let { id } = opts;
-  const { title, text, url, date, channel, hide, tags } = opts;
+  const { title, text, url, date, channel, hide, tags, until } = opts;
 
   // we do this operation without touching any caches
   const pool = getPool();
 
   if (id) {
-    L("editNews/update", { id, title, url, text, date, channel, tags, hide });
+    L("editNews/update", { id, title, url, text, date, channel, tags, hide, until });
 
     // take the title, text, url, date and channel value from the existing item
     // and save it with the unix epoch time as the key in the history map.
     // this way we can keep a history of changes to the news item.
     const existing = (
       await pool.query(
-        `SELECT title, text, url, date, channel, tags, history FROM news WHERE id=$1`,
+        `SELECT title, text, url, date, channel, tags, until, history FROM news WHERE id=$1`,
         [id]
       )
     ).rows[0];
     const history = existing.history ?? {};
     history[dayjs().unix()] = omit(existing, ["id", "history"]);
     await pool.query(
-      `UPDATE news SET title=$1, text=$2, url=$3, date=$4, channel=$5, tags=$6, hide=$7, history=$8 WHERE id=$9`,
-      [title, text, url, date, channel, tags, hide, history, id]
+      `UPDATE news SET title=$1, text=$2, url=$3, date=$4, channel=$5, tags=$6, hide=$7, until=$8, history=$9 WHERE id=$10`,
+      [title, text, url, date, channel, tags, hide, until, history, id]
     );
   } else {
-    L("editNews/insert", { id, title, url, text, date, channel, tags, hide });
+    L("editNews/insert", { id, title, url, text, date, channel, tags, hide, until });
     const { rows } = await pool.query(
-      `INSERT INTO news (title, text, url, date, channel, tags) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6) RETURNING id`,
-      [title, text, url, date, channel, tags]
+      `INSERT INTO news (title, text, url, date, channel, tags, until) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7) RETURNING id`,
+      [title, text, url, date, channel, tags, until]
     );
     id = rows[0].id;
   }
diff --git a/src/packages/util/db-schema/news.ts b/src/packages/util/db-schema/news.ts
index aacf643d262..63a1b738810 100644
--- a/src/packages/util/db-schema/news.ts
+++ b/src/packages/util/db-schema/news.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ Table({
       type: "boolean",
       desc: "optionally, hide/retract this news item",
     },
+    until: {
+      type: "timestamp",
+      desc: "optional expiration date - news item will not be shown after this date",
+    },
     history: {
       type: "map",
       desc: "history of changes to this news item",
@@ -55,6 +59,7 @@ Table({
           "date <= NOW() + INTERVAL '1 minute'",
           "channel != 'event'",
           "hide IS NOT true",
+          "(until IS NULL OR until > NOW())",
         ],
         pg_changefeed: "news",
         options: [{ order_by: "-date" }, { limit: 100 }],
diff --git a/src/packages/util/types/news.ts b/src/packages/util/types/news.ts
index d97b5c7decc..01ad10da032 100644
--- a/src/packages/util/types/news.ts
+++ b/src/packages/util/types/news.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ interface NewsProto {
   text: string; // Markdown text
   title: string; // title of the news item, should be short
   url?: string; // URL link to an external page (not the news item itself)
+  until?: number | Date; // optional expiration date - news item will not be shown after this date
 }
 
 export interface NewsItem extends NewsProto {