Oregon has two emergency alert systems. One is automatic, the other is opt-in. It’s good to have both. Multnomah County tested its emergency alert system Thursday. Oregon has two systems, OR Alert and ...

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will no longer administer a grant program that has so far provided millions of dollars to local television and radio stations to upgrade the equipment they use ...

CT Alert is a statewide emergency notification system, alerting those who have signed up to the system via cell phone, email, or text message in times of public emergency. Credit: CT Alert This story ...

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All residents in Reno, Sparks, and unincorporated Washoe County have been automatically enrolled in the region's new emergency alert system, Smart911, county officials announced July 22. Customers ...

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When a deadly landslide tore through part of Wrangell, Alaska, in 2023, there was only one place people there could go for information. "We're on an island, and there's one road, and everybody that ...

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From Jan. 12 to Jan. 13, the Plymouth County Sheriff's office said emergency officials alerted residents in Plymouth and Bristol counties about a water main rupture, brown tap water and storm-related ...

Most Australians will receive a mobile phone alert in July this year, as part of a nationwide test of a new emergency warning system.

AusAlert’s October go-live has been timed for the run-up to Australia’s seasonal bushfire surge, with Minister for Emergency Management Kristy McBain calling it “an important project that will help us ...

AN EMEGENCY alert system is being tested at a US airbase near Cirencester today amid the US and Israel’s attack on Iran.