On the state and local area, alerts that would affect a specific area could include hazmat situations, missing children (Amber Alerts), nuclear reactor problems, etc. Of course, weather alerts from ...

For nearly 30 years, the AMBER Alert has helped locate hundreds of children, but one of its founders believes changes should ...

Attorneys General, including Oregon's Dan Rayfield, oppose funding cuts to NPR and PBS, stressing the value of public ...

The first Amber Alert was issued on January 13, 1996, after 9-year-old Amber Hagerman was reported missing. The body of the little girl who lived in Arlington was found four days later in a creek.

The FCC has delayed implementing its multilingual emergency alerts system — making non-English speakers vulnerable during climate disasters.

APTS applauded the move by the Appropriations Committee to keep level funding for the Next Generation Warning System for FY ...

Senators Cortez Masto, Rosen and AG Ford condemned U.S. Supreme Court ruling limiting nationwide injunctions and call for ...

I have been a viewer of public television and a listener to public radio for nearly 60 years. So when I heard Congress was ...

Those are the alerts people get during climate disasters such as wildfires and hurricanes, as well as Amber Alerts. As of now, wireless emergency alerts only go out in Spanish and English.

Two years ago, the Federal Communications Commission unanimously voted to require that wireless emergency alerts reach people in 13 languages and American Sign Language. Those are the alerts people ...