diff --git a/category-news.php b/category-news.php
index cd09b96..d26d615 100644
--- a/category-news.php
+++ b/category-news.php
@@ -17,45 +17,64 @@
 
 get_header(); ?>
 
-  <?php $the_query = new WP_Query(  array( 'category_name' => 'news',  'posts_per_page' => 6 )  ); ?>
-  <?php if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : ?>
-  <?php// the loop ?>
-  <section class="news">
-    <header>
-      <h2> News</h2>
-    </header>
-    <main class="">
+
+<section class="news">
+  <header>
+    <h2> News</h2>
+  </header>
+  <main class="">
+    <?php $the_query = new WP_Query(  array( 'category_name' => 'news',  'posts_per_page' => 12 )  ); ?>
+    <?php if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : ?>
+    <?php// the loop ?>
     <?php while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>
     <?php //content here ?>
     <article class="">
-      <figure>
-        <?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) :?>
-          <img src="<?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail_url();?>" />
-        <?php else :?>
-          <img src="<?php echo catch_post_first_image();?>" />
-        <?php endif;?>
-      </figure>
+      <?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) :?>
+        <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark">
+          <figure style="background-image: url(<?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail_url();?>);">
+          </figure>
+        </a>
+      <?php else :?>
+        <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark">
+          <figure style="background-image: url(<?php echo catch_post_first_image();?>);">
+          </figure>
+        </a>
+      <?php endif;?>
       <h3 class="entry-title">
         <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark">
           <?php the_title(); ?>
         </a>
       </h3>
       <p class="excerpt post-excerpt">
-        <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"></a>
-        <?php echo wp_strip_all_tags( get_the_excerpt(), true ); ?>
+        <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">
+          <?php the_excerpt() ; ?>
+        </a>
       </div>
     </article>
     <?php endwhile; ?>
     <?php // end of the loop ?>
     <?php //pagination here ?>
+
+    <?php //pagination
+      if ( function_exists( 'foundationpress_pagination' ) ) :
+        foundationpress_pagination();
+      elseif ( is_paged() ) :
+      ?>
+        <nav id="post-nav">
+          <div class="post-previous"><?php next_posts_link( __( '&larr; Older posts', 'foundationpress' ) ); ?></div>
+          <div class="post-next"><?php previous_posts_link( __( 'Newer posts &rarr;', 'foundationpress' ) ); ?></div>
+        </nav>
+      <?php endif; //pagination end ?>
+
     <?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
-    <?php else : ?>
-      <p><?php _e( 'Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.' ); ?></p>
-   <?php endif; ?>
+<?php else : ?>
+    <p><?php _e( 'Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.' ); ?></p>
+<?php endif; ?>
 
   </main>
   <aside>
     <nav>
+      <!--a href="" class="button hollow">see more news</a-->
     </nav>
   </aside>
 </section>
diff --git a/src/assets/scss/_settings.scss b/src/assets/scss/_settings.scss
index f4bdbcf..cdea30e 100644
--- a/src/assets/scss/_settings.scss
+++ b/src/assets/scss/_settings.scss
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ $paragraph-lineheight: 1.6;
 $paragraph-margin-bottom: 1rem;
 $paragraph-text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
 $enable-code-inline: true;
-$anchor-color: $primary-color;
-$anchor-color-hover: scale-color($anchor-color, $lightness: -14%);
+$anchor-color: $body-font-color;
+$anchor-color-hover: $primary-color;//scale-color($anchor-color, $lightness: -14%);
 $anchor-text-decoration: none;
 $anchor-text-decoration-hover: none;
 $hr-width: $global-width;
diff --git a/template-parts/section-news.php b/template-parts/section-news.php
index 1f574cb..b56ab7a 100644
--- a/template-parts/section-news.php
+++ b/template-parts/section-news.php
@@ -19,23 +19,26 @@
     <?php while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>
     <?php //content here ?>
     <article class="">
-        <?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) :?>
-      <figure style="background-image: url(<?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail_url();?>);">
-          <!--img src="<?php //echo get_the_post_thumbnail_url();?>" /-->
-      </figure>
-        <?php else :?>
-      <figure style="background-image: url(<?php echo catch_post_first_image();?>);">
-          <!--img src="<?php //echo catch_post_first_image();?>" /-->
-      </figure>
-        <?php endif;?>
+      <?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) :?>
+        <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">
+          <figure style="background-image: url(<?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail_url();?>);">
+          </figure>
+        </a>
+      <?php else :?>
+        <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">
+          <figure style="background-image: url(<?php echo catch_post_first_image();?>);">
+          </figure>
+        </a>
+      <?php endif;?>
       <h3 class="entry-title">
         <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark">
           <?php the_title(); ?>
         </a>
       </h3>
       <p class="excerpt post-excerpt">
-        <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"></a>
-        <?php the_excerpt() //echo wp_strip_all_tags( get_the_excerpt(), true ); ?>
+        <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">
+        <?php the_excerpt() ?>
+        </a>
       </div>
     </article>
     <?php endwhile; ?>