Multnomah County will test its Wireless Emergency Alert system Thursday at 2 p.m., sending notifications to up to 1 million cell phones across the metro area, including devices in neighboring counties ...

Cellphone alerts are far from foolproof, though, as we experienced during January’s devastating fires. In west Altadena, warnings came too late or not at all. Cell service went out in many cases. Not ...

State Fair police and Ramsey County officials provided some clarity on Monday after a confusing emergency alert was sent out on Sunday. People in Ramsey County received an “all clear” message in the ...

An emergency alert test will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 8, at 6 p.m. This is simply a drill to test alert capabilities.

The Government has not yet publicly tested the mobile phone-based SMS emergency warning system which it implemented nearly two years ago.