{
  "id": "2018-02-21-northwest-vista-college-bomb-threat",
  "slug": "northwest-vista-college-bomb-threat-2018-02-21",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Northwest Vista College",
    "shortName": "NVC",
    "state": "TX",
    "type": "community-college",
    "enrollment": 19000,
    "alertSystemName": "Alamo Alert"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2018-02-21",
    "type": "bomb-threat",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "headline": "Bomb threat forces evacuation of multiple buildings; a second threat followed days later",
    "headlinePublic": "Bomb threat forces evacuation of multiple buildings; a second threat followed days later",
    "summary": "On February 21, 2018, Northwest Vista College (one of the largest colleges in the Alamo Colleges District and a Hispanic-Serving Institution serving about 19,000 students in San Antonio) [evacuated multiple buildings including RedBud, Huisache Hall, and the Boardwalk](https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/san-antonio/news/2018/02/21/northwest-vista-college-students-evacuated-over-possible-bomb-threat) after receiving a bomb threat. Classes in the affected buildings were canceled through 5:30 p.m. CST. [A second bomb threat against Juniper Hall three days later](https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/san-antonio/news/2018/02/24/bomb-threat-at-northwest-vista-college-closes-building) prompted another closure, marking back-to-back threats in a single week with no explanation found by authorities.",
    "outcome": "No explosive devices found. Buildings reopened after law enforcement search. Alamo Colleges Police investigated both threats and found no devices. Early voting in portable building near Juniper Hall continued during the second evacuation.",
    "resolution": "unfounded"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Mid-morning, February 21, 2018, CST",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "ALERT: Alamo Colleges Police Department has an emergency alert for NVC. Immediately evacuate RedBud, Huisache Hall & Boardwalk due to possible bomb threat. If you are not at the campus, stay away until further notice.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/Go2Vista/posts/alert-alamo-colleges-police-department-has-an-emergency-alert-for-northwest-vist/10155537535944200/",
      "sourceDescription": "Northwest Vista College (@Go2Vista) official Facebook emergency-alert post",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim recovery: the exact wording is reproduced in Northwest Vista College's official @Go2Vista Facebook emergency post (the post slug itself begins 'alert-alamo-colleges-police-department-has-an-emergency-alert-for-northwest-vist'), and the same string surfaces identically across search reproductions of the Feb 21, 2018 alert",
        "The Alamo Alert system is used across all five Alamo Colleges campuses for emergency communications",
        "Only the three named buildings were evacuated; all other campus buildings continued normal operations"
      ],
      "characterCount": 217
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestampApprox": "Afternoon, February 21, 2018, CST",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": false,
      "sourceDescription": "Reconstructed from Spectrum News San Antonio coverage confirming all-clear was issued",
      "annotations": []
    }
  ],
  "context": "[Northwest Vista College](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Vista_College) is one of the largest campuses in the [Alamo Colleges District](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamo_Colleges), a five-college community college system in San Antonio, Texas, serving one of the largest Hispanic populations of any community college in the United States. With approximately 19,000 students, NVC qualifies as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). On February 21, 2018, the Alamo Colleges Police Department responded to a bomb threat against multiple campus buildings. [Students were evacuated from RedBud, Huisache Hall, and the Boardwalk](https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/san-antonio/news/2018/02/21/northwest-vista-college-students-evacuated-over-possible-bomb-threat) while police conducted a thorough search of the affected structures. Three days later, on Saturday, February 24, 2018, [Juniper Hall was closed after another unconfirmed bomb threat](https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/san-antonio/news/2018/02/24/bomb-threat-at-northwest-vista-college-closes-building) was received. This second threat came on a day when few students were on campus; early voting was taking place in a portable building nearby and continued. Authorities found no devices in either incident and had no information on why the campus would receive two threats in a single week.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Northwest Vista College students evacuated over bomb threat - Spectrum News San Antonio",
      "url": "https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/san-antonio/news/2018/02/21/northwest-vista-college-students-evacuated-over-possible-bomb-threat",
      "type": "local-media",
      "accessDate": "2026-05-31"
    },
    {
      "title": "Bomb threat made against Northwest Vista College cleared - News4 San Antonio",
      "url": "https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/unconfirmed-bomb-threat-at-northwest-vista-college",
      "type": "local-media",
      "accessDate": "2026-05-31"
    },
    {
      "title": "Northwest Vista College building reopens after unconfirmed bomb threat - Spectrum News San Antonio",
      "url": "https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/san-antonio/news/2018/02/24/bomb-threat-at-northwest-vista-college-closes-building",
      "type": "local-media",
      "accessDate": "2026-05-31"
    },
    {
      "title": "Northwest Vista College (@Go2Vista) official Facebook emergency-alert post",
      "url": "https://www.facebook.com/Go2Vista/posts/alert-alamo-colleges-police-department-has-an-emergency-alert-for-northwest-vist/10155537535944200/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "medium",
  "tags": [
    "bomb-threat",
    "community-college",
    "hsi",
    "texas",
    "san-antonio",
    "alamo-colleges",
    "evacuation",
    "repeated-threat"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-31",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-05-31",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}