CodeRED emergency alert drill reaches fewer people than 2018

Washakie County Emergency Management conducted a test of the CodeRED emergency alert system on Monday, June 10. In contrast to its previous drill, conducted in 2018, which reached 88% of eligible Washakie County mobile phones and landline phones, the test conducted June 10 reached only 37% of these numbers.

Although the alert system in this year's drill made 5,371 phone calls, it reached a total o...