Emergency Alert System

Many Reno residents never got alerts during the Hawk Fire. Experts and public officials point to issues with software and gaps in public infrastructure as potential causes.

Washoe County officials believed they had sent public safety warnings via local radio and TV stations, but those alerts never went out.

Read news headlines for Friday, August 5, 2022.

In Boise's Warm Springs Mesa neighborhood, a new alert system is the latest step in efforts to improve the community's response and communication in the event of a wildfire or other emergency, as the memory of the Table Rock fire is still fresh for most residents.

May 25 was National Missing Children’s Day, and advocates are calling attention to the rising number of missing children around the country, including in parts of the Mountain West.

Washoe County’s Emergency Alert System is the first in Nevada to simultaneously issue a warning in both English and Spanish. Our reporter Karina Gonzalez…