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

Unlike a WEA test, these alerts are not announced ahead of time, making it even more advisable for survivors to have their hidden phones powered off when not actively using them." ...

In the Monday press release, Ramsey County said the second alert was supposed to be localized to the same cell phones as the initial alert.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — UPDATE: The NC Center for Missing Persons said there was a ‘template error,’ which is why the WEA message was sent out. It was supposed to be in a lower box, but somehow ...

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