Use your Roku to get local news and weather (and save money)

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News on

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LocalNow

LocalNow is backed by The Weather Channel. It offers hyper-local news, weather, sports, and traffic reports for your area. It operates in more than 207 US towns and cities.

The app is free for the first 30 days. Thereafter, you must pay or already subscribe to a participating TV provider.

Various local news channels

Navigate to News &Weather at the Channel Store, and you'll find free local channels from many broadcasters, including WGN Chicago, KHOU Houston, FOX25 Boston, and WSB Atlanta.

The Weather Network and WeatherNation

The Weather Network and WeatherNation are the two best free weather channels on the Roku platform. Both offer short-, medium-, and long-range graphical weather forecasts for your area, as well as frequent video forecasts.

And of course, don't forget that you can also listen to local radio channels through Roku. You'll find apps for both iHeartRadio and TuneIn Radio.

Which Roku channels do you use for local news and weather? Let us know in the comments below.