diff --git a/dev/scss/base/base.scss b/dev/scss/base/base.scss
index 022c590..dd0d6a3 100644
--- a/dev/scss/base/base.scss
+++ b/dev/scss/base/base.scss
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
   border-left:      5px solid $ids-blue-1;
   background-color: $ids-blue-2;
   color:            $ids-blue-1;
+  mix-blend-mode:   soft-light;
 
   &.bug,
   &.missing {
diff --git a/dev/scss/main/main.scss b/dev/scss/main/main.scss
index c49ceb1..2cab784 100644
--- a/dev/scss/main/main.scss
+++ b/dev/scss/main/main.scss
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 @import "introjs";     // Guided Tour
 @import "introjs-ids"; // Guided Tour: IDS specific 
 @import "oauth";       // OAuth Management styles
+@import "news";        // View for optional news
 // @import "tagger";   // Tagger
 
 @import "../util";
diff --git a/dev/scss/main/news.scss b/dev/scss/main/news.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a714aec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/scss/main/news.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+@charset "utf-8";
+@import "../util";
+
+section#news {
+  background-color: $ids-green-2;
+  mix-blend-mode: soft-light;
+  padding: 1em;
+  padding-right: 2em;
+  border-radius: $standard-border-radius;
+  border-left: 5px solid $ids-green-1;
+
+  dt {
+    float: left;
+    clear: left;
+    width: 15ex;
+    text-align: right;
+    font-weight: bold;
+  }
+
+  dt.maintenance, dd.maintenance > h4 {
+    color: red;
+  }
+
+  dd {
+    margin: 0 1ex 0 16ex;
+    padding: 0 0 0.5em 1em;
+    > p { 
+      max-width: 80ex;
+      margin-block-start: 0ex;
+    }
+
+    > h4 { 
+      margin-block-start: 0ex;
+      margin-block-end: 0.33ex;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+@media all and (max-width: 42.5em) {
+  section#news {
+    dt {
+      text-align: left;
+      float: none;
+      width: auto;
+      padding-bottom: .2em;
+    }
+    dd {
+      margin-left: 1em;
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dev/scss/media.scss b/dev/scss/media.scss
index 1a61392..1e79eba 100644
--- a/dev/scss/media.scss
+++ b/dev/scss/media.scss
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
   header {
     padding-right: 8px;
-  };
+  }
   
   header form {
     padding-left: 0;