FRONTEND_MVC/views/site/index.php

<?php

/** @var yii\web\View $this */
/** @var \yii\data\ActiveDataProvider $newsDataProvider */

$this->title = 'Главная';
?>
<div class="site-index">
    <?=
    \yii\widgets\ListView::widget([
        "dataProvider"=>$newsDataProvider,
        'options' => [
            'tag' => 'div',
            'class' => 'list-wrapper',
            'id' => 'list-wrapper',
        ],
        "itemView"=> "index/_item"
    ]);
    ?>
</div>