diff --git a/src/Home/Home.js b/src/Home/Home.js
index 104e717..729ff3e 100644
--- a/src/Home/Home.js
+++ b/src/Home/Home.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class Home extends Shadow {
         .top(20, px)
         .borderLeft("1px solid var(--accent)")
         .onTouch((start, e) => {
-            console.log(e)
+            // console.log(e)
             if(this.sidebarOpen) {
                 this.sidebarOpenDrag(start, e)
             } else {
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class Home extends Shadow {
     }
 
     sidebarClosedDrag(start, e) {
-        console.log(e)
+        // console.log(e)
         if(start) {
             let oneTenth = window.outerWidth / 10
             let amount = e.targetTouches[0].clientX
diff --git a/src/_/code/bridge/handlers.js b/src/_/code/bridge/handlers.js
index 9950b3c..41da64e 100644
--- a/src/_/code/bridge/handlers.js
+++ b/src/_/code/bridge/handlers.js
@@ -83,6 +83,54 @@ const handlers = {
         }
     },
 
+    async addAnnouncement(text, networkId, userId) {
+        try {
+            return await global.db.announcements.add(text, networkId, userId)
+        } catch (e) {
+            return { status: e.status, error: e.message }
+        }
+    },
+
+    async editAnnouncement(newAnnouncement, userId) {
+        try {
+            return await global.db.announcements.edit(newAnnouncement, userId);
+        } catch (e) {
+            return { status: e.status, error: e.message }
+        }
+    },
+
+    async deleteAnnouncement(id, userId) {
+        try {
+            return await global.db.announcements.delete(id, userId);
+        } catch (e) {
+            return { status: e.status, error: e.message }
+        }
+    },
+
+    async getAnnouncement(id) {
+        try {
+            return global.db.announcements.getById(id)
+        } catch (e) {
+            return { status: e.status, error: e.message }
+        }
+    },
+
+    async getAnnouncements(networkId) {
+        try {
+            return global.db.announcements.getByNetwork(networkId)
+        } catch (e) {
+            return { status: e.status, error: e.message }
+        }
+    },
+
+    async getUserAnnouncements(userId) {
+        try {
+            return global.db.announcements.getByCreator(userId)
+        } catch (e) {
+            return { status: e.status, error: e.message }
+        }
+    },
+
     async editBio(newBio, userId) {
         try {
             return global.db.members.editBio(newBio, userId)
diff --git a/src/apps/Announcements/Announcements.js b/src/apps/Announcements/Announcements.js
index 3d555d4..993e998 100644
--- a/src/apps/Announcements/Announcements.js
+++ b/src/apps/Announcements/Announcements.js
@@ -1,20 +1,148 @@
-import "../../components/TopBar.js"
+import './Panel.js'
+import server from '../../_/code/bridge/serverFunctions.js'
 
-class Announcements extends Shadow {
-    render() {
-        VStack(() => {
-
-        })
-        .boxSizing("border-box")
-        .backgroundColor("var(--main)")
-        .gap(0.5, em)
-        .boxSizing("border-box")
-        .width(100, pct)
-        .height(100, pct)
-        .minHeight(0)
+css(`
+    announcements- {
+        font-family: 'Bona';
     }
 
-    
+    announcements- input::placeholder {
+        font-family: 'Bona Nova';
+        font-size: 0.9em;
+        color: var(--accent);
+    }
+
+    input::placeholder {
+        font-family: Arial;
+    }
+
+    input[type="checkbox"] {
+        appearance: none;        /* remove default style */
+        -webkit-appearance: none;
+        width: 1em;
+        height: 1em;
+        border: 1px solid var(--accent);
+    }
+
+    input[type="checkbox"]:checked {
+        background-color: var(--red);
+    }
+`)
+
+class Announcements extends Shadow {
+    constructor() {
+        super()
+        this.announcements = global.currentNetwork.data.announcements.sort((a, b) => new Date(b.created) - new Date(a.created));
+        console.log(this.announcements)
+    } 
+
+    render() {
+        ZStack(() => {
+            VStack(() => {
+
+                Panel(this.announcements)
+
+                input("Message", "70%")
+                    .paddingVertical(0.75, em)
+                    .boxSizing("border-box")
+                    .paddingHorizontal(2, em)
+                    .color("var(--text)")
+                    .background("var(--searchbackground)")
+                    .marginBottom(1, em)
+                    .border("0.5px solid var(--accent)")
+                    .outline("none")
+                    .borderRadius(100, px)
+                    .fontFamily("Arial")
+                    .fontSize(1, em)
+                    .onKeyDown(async function(e) {
+                        if (e.key === "Enter") {
+                            const result = await server.addAnnouncement(this.value, global.currentNetwork.id, global.profile.id)
+                            if (result.data.status === 200) {
+                                window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('new-announcement', {
+                                    detail: { announcement: result.data.announcement }
+                                }));
+                            } else {
+                                // error
+                            }
+                            this.value = ""
+                        }
+                    })
+            })
+            .gap(1, em)
+            .boxSizing("border-box")
+            .width(100, pct)
+            .height(100, pct)
+            .horizontalAlign("center")
+            .verticalAlign("end")
+            .minHeight(0)
+        })
+        .backgroundColor("var(--main)")
+        .boxSizing("border-box")
+        .paddingVertical(1, em)
+        .width(100, pct)
+        .height(100, pct)
+        .flex("1 1 auto")
+        .onEvent("new-announcement", this.onNewAnnouncement)
+        .onEvent("deleted-announcement", this.onDeletedAnnouncement)
+        .onEvent("edited-announcement", this.onEditedAnnouncement)
+    }
+
+    connectedCallback() {
+        this.getAnnouncements(global.currentNetwork.id)
+    }
+
+    checkForUpdates(currentAnnouncements, fetchedAnnouncements) {
+        if (currentAnnouncements.length !== fetchedAnnouncements.length) return true;
+
+        const currentMap = new Map(currentAnnouncements.map(ann => [ann.id, ann]));
+
+        for (const fetchedAnn of fetchedAnnouncements) {
+            const currentAnn = currentMap.get(fetchedAnn.id);
+
+            // new event added
+            if (!currentAnn) return true;
+
+            // existing event changed
+            if (currentAnn.updated_at !== fetchedAnn.updated_at) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    async getAnnouncements(networkId) {
+        const fetchedAnnouncements = await server.getAnnouncements(networkId)
+        if (this.checkForUpdates(this.announcements, fetchedAnnouncements.data)) {
+            console.log("found updates")
+            this.announcements = fetchedAnnouncements.data.sort((a, b) => new Date(b.created) - new Date(a.created));
+            global.currentNetwork.data.announcements = this.announcements
+            this.rerender()
+        }
+    }
+
+    onNewAnnouncement = (e) => {
+        let newAnnouncement = e.detail.announcement;
+        this.announcements.push(newAnnouncement)
+        this.announcements.sort((a, b) => new Date(b.created) - new Date(a.created));
+        this.rerender()
+    }
+
+    onDeletedAnnouncement = (e) => {
+        let deletedId = e.detail.id
+        const i = this.announcements.findIndex(ann => ann.id === deletedId)
+        if (i !== -1) this.announcements.splice(i, 1);
+        this.rerender()
+    }
+
+    onEditedAnnouncement = (e) => {
+        let editedAnnouncement = e.detail
+        const i = this.announcements.findIndex(ann => ann.id === editedPost.id)
+        if (i !== -1) { 
+            this.announcements.splice(i, 1)
+            this.announcements.unshift(editedAnnouncement)
+        }
+        this.rerender()
+    }
 }
 
 register(Announcements)
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diff --git a/src/apps/Announcements/Panel.js b/src/apps/Announcements/Panel.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bdae03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/apps/Announcements/Panel.js
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+import "../../components/LoadingCircle.js"
+import server from "../../_/code/bridge/serverFunctions.js"
+
+css(`
+    panel- {
+        scrollbar-width: none;
+        -ms-overflow-style: none;
+    }    
+
+    panel-::-webkit-scrollbar {
+        display: none;
+        width: 0px;
+        height: 0px;
+    }
+
+    panel-::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
+        background: transparent;
+    }
+
+    panel-::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
+        background: transparent;
+    }
+`)
+
+class Panel extends Shadow {
+    announcements = []
+    isSending = false
+
+    constructor(announcements) {
+        super()
+        this.announcements = announcements
+    }
+
+    render() {
+        VStack(() => {
+            if(this.announcements.length > 0) {
+                let previousDate = null
+
+                for(let i=0; i<this.announcements.length; i++) {
+                    let announcement = this.announcements[i]
+                    const isMe = announcement.creator_id === global.profile.id
+                    const dateParts = this.parseDate(announcement.created);
+                    const { date, time } = dateParts;
+
+                    if (previousDate !== date) {
+                        previousDate = date;
+
+                        p(date)
+                            .textAlign("center")
+                            .opacity(0.6)
+                            .fontWeight("bold")
+                            .paddingTop(1, em)
+                            .paddingBottom(0.5, em)
+                            .color("var(--quillred)")
+                            .borderTop(`1px solid var(--${i == 0 ? "transparent" : "divider"})`)
+                    }
+
+                    VStack(() => {
+                        HStack(() => {
+                            h3(isMe ? "Me" : this.getAuthorName(announcement))
+                                .color(isMe ? "var(--quillred)" : "var(--headertext")
+                                .opacity(0.75)
+                                .margin(0)
+
+                            h3(`${date} ${time}`)
+                                .opacity(0.5)
+                                .color("var(--headertext)")
+                                .margin(0)
+                                .marginLeft(0.5, em)
+                                .fontSize(1, em)
+
+                            if (announcement.created !== announcement.updated_at) {
+                                p("(edited)")
+                                    .color("var(--headertext)")
+                                    .letterSpacing(0.8, "px")
+                                    .opacity(0.5)
+                                    .fontWeight("bold")
+                                    .paddingLeft(0.25, em)
+                                    .fontSize(0.9, em)
+                            }
+                        })
+                        .verticalAlign("center")
+                        .marginBottom(0.1, em)
+                        
+                        p(announcement.text)
+                            .color("var(--text)")
+                            .marginHorizontal(0.2, em)
+                            .paddingVertical(0.2, em)
+                            .boxSizing("border-box")
+                    })
+                    .marginBottom(0.05, em)
+                }
+            } else {
+                LoadingCircle()
+            }
+        })
+        .gap(1, em)
+        .fontSize(1.1, em)
+        .boxSizing("border-box")
+        .flex("1 1 auto")
+        .minHeight(0)
+        .overflowY("auto")
+        .width(100, pct)
+        .paddingBottom(2, em)
+        .paddingHorizontal(4, pct)
+        .backgroundColor("var(--main)")
+        .onAppear(async () => {
+            requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+                this.scrollTo({ top: 0, behavior: "smooth" });
+            });
+        })
+    }
+
+    getAuthorName(announcement) {
+        const members = global.currentNetwork.data.members;
+        const creator = members.find(m => m.id === announcement.creator_id);
+        if (creator) {
+            return `${creator.first_name} ${creator.last_name}`
+        } else {
+            return "No name"
+        }
+    }
+
+    parseDate(str) {
+        // Format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.mmmZ
+        const match = str.match(/^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})T(\d{2}):(\d{2}):\d{2}\.\d+Z$/);
+        if (!match) return null;
+
+        const [, yyyy, mm, dd, hh, min] = match;
+
+        // Convert 24h to 12h
+        const hour24 = parseInt(hh, 10);
+        const ampm = hour24 >= 12 ? 'pm' : 'am';
+        const hour12 = hour24 % 12 || 12;
+
+        const date = `${mm}/${dd}/${yyyy}`;
+        const time = `${hour12}:${min}${ampm}`;
+
+        return { date, time };
+    }
+
+    formatTime(str) {
+        const match = str.match(/-(\d+:\d+):\d+.*(am|pm)/i);
+        if (!match) return null;
+
+        const [_, hourMin, ampm] = match;
+        return hourMin + ampm.toLowerCase();
+    }
+}
+
+register(Panel)
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