Evergreen State College to remain closed a second day after threat of violence

Evergreen State College said it will remain closed for a second day on Friday because of a “credible” threat of violence directed against the school.

The threat came after a recent series of protests that have drawn national attention to student allegations of racism on the progressive campus, which has an enrollment of nearly 4,200 students.

Thurston County received a call Thursday morning that was "threatening in nature to the campus at Evergreen,” spokesperson Zach Powers said.

Officials said on the college website Thursday evening that someone called the Thurston County Communications Center at 10:25 a.m. Thursday claiming to be armed and on the way to campus. Officials say the call was made from an unknown telephone number to the communications center"s regular business phone line and not their 911 lines.

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