diff --git a/web/ui/react-app/src/pages/alerts/AlertContents.test.tsx b/web/ui/react-app/src/pages/alerts/AlertContents.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..78b5a05513
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/ui/react-app/src/pages/alerts/AlertContents.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { shallow } from 'enzyme';
+import AlertsContent from './AlertContents';
+
+describe('AlertsContent', () => {
+  const defaultProps = {
+    groups: [],
+    statsCount: {
+      inactive: 0,
+      pending: 0,
+      firing: 0,
+    },
+  };
+  const wrapper = shallow(<AlertsContent {...defaultProps} />);
+
+  it('matches a snapshot', () => {
+    expect(wrapper).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+
+  [
+    { selector: '#inactive-toggler', propName: 'inactive' },
+    { selector: '#pending-toggler', propName: 'pending' },
+    { selector: '#firing-toggler', propName: 'firing' },
+  ].forEach(testCase => {
+    it(`toggles the ${testCase.propName} checkbox from true to false when clicked and back to true when clicked again`, () => {
+      wrapper.find(testCase.selector).invoke('onClick')(testCase.propName);
+      expect(wrapper.find(testCase.selector).prop('checked')).toBe(false);
+      wrapper.find(testCase.selector).invoke('onClick')(testCase.propName);
+      expect(wrapper.find(testCase.selector).prop('checked')).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('toggles the "annotations" checkbox from false to true when clicked and back to true when clicked again', () => {
+    wrapper.find('#show-annotations-toggler').invoke('onClick')();
+    expect(wrapper.find('#show-annotations-toggler').prop('checked')).toBe(true);
+    wrapper.find('#show-annotations-toggler').invoke('onClick')();
+    expect(wrapper.find('#show-annotations-toggler').prop('checked')).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/web/ui/react-app/src/pages/alerts/AlertContents.tsx b/web/ui/react-app/src/pages/alerts/AlertContents.tsx
index 8f09e5f455..2cbfa71762 100644
--- a/web/ui/react-app/src/pages/alerts/AlertContents.tsx
+++ b/web/ui/react-app/src/pages/alerts/AlertContents.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-import React, { FC, useState, Fragment } from 'react';
+import React, { FC, Fragment } from 'react';
 import { Badge } from 'reactstrap';
 import CollapsibleAlertPanel from './CollapsibleAlertPanel';
 import Checkbox from '../../components/Checkbox';
 import { isPresent } from '../../utils';
 import { Rule } from '../../types/types';
+import { useLocalStorage } from '../../hooks/useLocalStorage';
 
 export type RuleState = keyof RuleStatus<any>;
 
@@ -40,12 +41,12 @@ const stateColorTuples: Array<[RuleState, 'success' | 'warning' | 'danger']> = [
 ];
 
 const AlertsContent: FC<AlertsProps> = ({ groups = [], statsCount }) => {
-  const [filter, setFilter] = useState<RuleStatus<boolean>>({
+  const [filter, setFilter] = useLocalStorage('alerts-status-filter', {
     firing: true,
     pending: true,
     inactive: true,
   });
-  const [showAnnotations, setShowAnnotations] = useState(false);
+  const [showAnnotations, setShowAnnotations] = useLocalStorage('alerts-annotations-status', { checked: false });
 
   const toggleFilter = (ruleState: RuleState) => () => {
     setFilter({
@@ -54,6 +55,10 @@ const AlertsContent: FC<AlertsProps> = ({ groups = [], statsCount }) => {
     });
   };
 
+  const toggleAnnotations = () => {
+    setShowAnnotations({ checked: !showAnnotations.checked });
+  };
+
   return (
     <>
       <div className="d-flex togglers-wrapper">
@@ -62,7 +67,7 @@ const AlertsContent: FC<AlertsProps> = ({ groups = [], statsCount }) => {
             <Checkbox
               key={state}
               wrapperStyles={{ marginRight: 10 }}
-              defaultChecked
+              checked={filter[state]}
               id={`${state}-toggler`}
               onClick={toggleFilter(state)}
             >
@@ -74,8 +79,9 @@ const AlertsContent: FC<AlertsProps> = ({ groups = [], statsCount }) => {
         })}
         <Checkbox
           wrapperStyles={{ marginLeft: 'auto' }}
+          checked={showAnnotations.checked}
           id="show-annotations-toggler"
-          onClick={() => setShowAnnotations(!showAnnotations)}
+          onClick={() => toggleAnnotations()}
         >
           <span style={{ fontSize: '0.9rem', lineHeight: 1.9 }}>Show annotations</span>
         </Checkbox>
@@ -90,7 +96,7 @@ const AlertsContent: FC<AlertsProps> = ({ groups = [], statsCount }) => {
             {group.rules.map((rule, j) => {
               return (
                 filter[rule.state] && (
-                  <CollapsibleAlertPanel key={rule.name + j} showAnnotations={showAnnotations} rule={rule} />
+                  <CollapsibleAlertPanel key={rule.name + j} showAnnotations={showAnnotations.checked} rule={rule} />
                 )
               );
             })}
diff --git a/web/ui/react-app/src/pages/alerts/__snapshots__/AlertContents.test.tsx.snap b/web/ui/react-app/src/pages/alerts/__snapshots__/AlertContents.test.tsx.snap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fdbba2c9f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/ui/react-app/src/pages/alerts/__snapshots__/AlertContents.test.tsx.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`AlertsContent matches a snapshot 1`] = `
+<Fragment>
+  <div
+    className="d-flex togglers-wrapper"
+  >
+    <Memo(Checkbox)
+      checked={true}
+      id="inactive-toggler"
+      key="inactive"
+      onClick={[Function]}
+      wrapperStyles={
+        Object {
+          "marginRight": 10,
+        }
+      }
+    >
+      <Badge
+        className="text-capitalize"
+        color="success"
+        pill={false}
+        tag="span"
+      >
+        inactive
+         (
+        0
+        )
+      </Badge>
+    </Memo(Checkbox)>
+    <Memo(Checkbox)
+      checked={true}
+      id="pending-toggler"
+      key="pending"
+      onClick={[Function]}
+      wrapperStyles={
+        Object {
+          "marginRight": 10,
+        }
+      }
+    >
+      <Badge
+        className="text-capitalize"
+        color="warning"
+        pill={false}
+        tag="span"
+      >
+        pending
+         (
+        0
+        )
+      </Badge>
+    </Memo(Checkbox)>
+    <Memo(Checkbox)
+      checked={true}
+      id="firing-toggler"
+      key="firing"
+      onClick={[Function]}
+      wrapperStyles={
+        Object {
+          "marginRight": 10,
+        }
+      }
+    >
+      <Badge
+        className="text-capitalize"
+        color="danger"
+        pill={false}
+        tag="span"
+      >
+        firing
+         (
+        0
+        )
+      </Badge>
+    </Memo(Checkbox)>
+    <Memo(Checkbox)
+      checked={false}
+      id="show-annotations-toggler"
+      onClick={[Function]}
+      wrapperStyles={
+        Object {
+          "marginLeft": "auto",
+        }
+      }
+    >
+      <span
+        style={
+          Object {
+            "fontSize": "0.9rem",
+            "lineHeight": 1.9,
+          }
+        }
+      >
+        Show annotations
+      </span>
+    </Memo(Checkbox)>
+  </div>
+</Fragment>
+`;