Multnomah County is testing its Wireless Emergency Alert system on Wednesday afternoon to ensure it is working properly ...

Multnomah County will test its emergency alert system Thursday at 2 p.m., sending notifications to up to 1 million phones. No ...

Though the storm is expected to curve away from the U.S., the town continues to encourage residents to enroll in its ...

The other portion of the test will be sent to TV and radio stations. It will last for one minute with the following message: "This is a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System, issued by the ...

Multnomah County is planning to send a test alert for its Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system on Thursday afternoon.

WASHINGTON —As expected, the Federal Communications Commission has embarked on a major effort to reexamine the national alert ...

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The emergency alert system, though, is far from perfect. In 2018, an erroneous alert sent to Hawaii residents warned of an imminent ballistic missile threat,” and that “this is not a drill.” ...

People in the Portland metro area may get an emergency alert test message on Thursday. Multnomah County says it plans to send ...