diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 52a8b2b..2df8125 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -8,37 +8,6 @@ repos:
         args: [--style_pkg=styler, --style_fun=tidyverse_style]    
     -   id: roxygenize
     -   id: use-tidy-description
-    -   id: spell-check
-        exclude: >
-          (?x)^(
-          .*\.[rR]|
-          .*\.feather|
-          .*\.jpeg|
-          .*\.pdf|
-          .*\.png|
-          .*\.py|
-          .*\.RData|
-          .*\.rds|
-          .*\.Rds|
-          .*\.Rproj|
-          .*\.sh|
-          (.*/|)\.gitignore|
-          (.*/|)\.gitlab-ci\.yml|
-          (.*/|)\.lintr|
-          (.*/|)\.pre-commit-.*|
-          (.*/|)\.Rbuildignore|
-          (.*/|)\.Renviron|
-          (.*/|)\.Rprofile|
-          (.*/|)\.travis\.yml|
-          (.*/|)appveyor\.yml|
-          (.*/|)NAMESPACE|
-          (.*/|)renv/settings\.dcf|
-          (.*/|)renv\.lock|
-          (.*/|)WORDLIST|
-          \.github/workflows/.*|
-          data/.*|
-          Makefile|
-          )$
     -   id: lintr
     -   id: parsable-R
     -   id: no-browser-statement
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb0d9bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# geographer 1.0.0
+
+* Release package
+* Added a `NEWS.md` file to track changes to the package.