diff --git a/templates/blocks/block--specialalert.html.twig b/templates/blocks/block--specialalert.html.twig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d8b5a63880ed227c9ccb49936babe164ab9cfae6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/blocks/block--specialalert.html.twig
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+{#
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Theme override to display a block.
+ *
+ * Available variables:
+ * - plugin_id: The ID of the block implementation.
+ * - label: The configured label of the block if visible.
+ * - configuration: A list of the block's configuration values.
+ *   - label: The configured label for the block.
+ *   - label_display: The display settings for the label.
+ *   - provider: The module or other provider that provided this block plugin.
+ *   - Block plugin specific settings will also be stored here.
+ * - content: The content of this block.
+ * - attributes: array of HTML attributes populated by modules, intended to
+ *   be added to the main container tag of this template.
+ *   - id: A valid HTML ID and guaranteed unique.
+ * - title_attributes: Same as attributes, except applied to the main title
+ *   tag that appears in the template.
+ * - title_prefix: Additional output populated by modules, intended to be
+ *   displayed in front of the main title tag that appears in the template.
+ * - title_suffix: Additional output populated by modules, intended to be
+ *   displayed after the main title tag that appears in the template.
+ *
+ * @see template_preprocess_block()
+ */
+#}
+{%
+  set classes = [
+  'block',
+  'block-' ~ configuration.provider|clean_class,
+  'block-' ~ plugin_id|clean_class,
+]
+%}
+
+{% if in_layout_builder %}
+  {{ attach_library('uw_theme_admin/uw_layout_builder') }}
+{% endif %}
+
+{% if content %}
+  <div{{ attributes.addClass(classes) }}>
+    {% if configuration.date %}
+    <div class="special-alert__date">
+      {{ special_alert.date }} {% if special_alert.time %} - {{ special_alert.time }}{% endif %}
+    </div>
+    {% endif %}
+    {% if label %}
+      <div class="special-alert__heading">{{ label }}</div>
+    {% endif %}
+    {{ title_suffix }}
+    {% block content %}
+    <div class="special-alert__content">
+      {{ content }}
+    </div>
+    {% endblock %}
+  </div>
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/templates/page/page.html.twig b/templates/page/page.html.twig
index d24d7e5e6c8131fcaeb1ef086224820ec17058c0..d66e8e825b3824973d2c7122670573b424c28157 100644
--- a/templates/page/page.html.twig
+++ b/templates/page/page.html.twig
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
  * @see html.html.twig
  */
 #}
-
 {% extends '@layouts/site-container/site-container.twig' %}
   {% block header %}
     {{ page.header }}
@@ -42,6 +41,10 @@
     {{ page.breadcrumb }}
   {% endblock %}
 
+  {% block specialalert %}
+    {{ page.specialalert }}
+  {% endblock %}
+
   {% block highlighted %}
     {{ page.highlighted }}
     {{ page.help }}
diff --git a/templates/regions/region--specialalert.html.twig b/templates/regions/region--specialalert.html.twig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ed4190ce75e0f74643d84b70827d6a3a1e9d62be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/regions/region--specialalert.html.twig
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{#
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Theme override to display a region.
+ *
+ * Available variables:
+ * - content: The content for this region, typically blocks.
+ * - attributes: HTML attributes for the region div.
+ * - region: The name of the region variable as defined in the theme's
+ *   .info.yml file.
+ *
+ * @see template_preprocess_region()
+ */
+#}
+{% embed '@layouts/special-alert/special-alert.twig' with {
+  'classes': classes
+}%}
+
+  {% block content %}
+    {{ content }}
+  {% endblock %}
+
+{% endembed %}
diff --git a/uw_fdsu_theme_resp.info.yml b/uw_fdsu_theme_resp.info.yml
index 2fbd786671112f4c0e8d79cf6fd883a75aa03aad..b69df1e8601068dfa4acde5859844630d25e3008 100644
--- a/uw_fdsu_theme_resp.info.yml
+++ b/uw_fdsu_theme_resp.info.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ ckeditor_stylesheets:
 
 regions:
   header: Header
+  specialalert: Special alert
   highlighted: Highlighted
   content: Content  # the content region is required
   footer: Footer