Several Whitman County schools sent bomb threat

Colfax, Endicott, St. John, Lamont and Sprague schools all sent threats

Justin Slayton, Whitman County Gazette | Apr 13, 20230

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Colfax Police Officer Bruce Blood discusses the results of the grounds sweep with Colfax School District administration.

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COLFAX - Colfax School District and several other schools in Whitman County received an unspecified threat involving explosive devices on Wednesday, April 12, with up to 30 recipients in the email throughout the state.

Colfax Police Department immediately responded and spoke with school district leaders to discuss the threat and the best course of action to address the threat.

Colfax PD stated that the email was very general, however, there was no time to determine the credibility of the threats made. It was decided that the school district would put students in lockdown for "SAFE" teach while...