{
  "id": "2026-01-23-rochester-community-and-technical-college-extreme-cold-closure",
  "slug": "rochester-community-and-technical-college-extreme-cold-closure-2026-01-23",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Rochester Community and Technical College",
    "shortName": "RCTC",
    "state": "MN",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "RCTC Alert / official X",
    "enrollment": 6000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-01-23",
    "type": "winter-storm",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "RCTC main campus closed extreme cold (Jan 23, 2026)",
    "headlinePublic": "RCTC main campus closed extreme cold (Jan 23, 2026)",
    "summary": "Rochester Community and Technical College [closed the main campus January 23, 2026 for extreme freezing temperatures](https://x.com/RochesterCTC/status/2014416520672051439) while Heintz and Sports Center remained open, with reopen January 24.",
    "outcome": "Main campus close; Heintz and Sports Center open; reopen Saturday."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2026-01-22",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Out of an abundance of caution and with the safety and wellbeing of our faculty, staff, and students as our top priority, the campus will be closed tomorrow, January 23, 2026, due to forecasted extreme freezing temperatures. All classes, activities, and events scheduled for tomorrow are canceled. The main campus will remain closed (Heintz and Sports Center will remain open).\n\nWe encourage everyone to take necessary precautions to stay safe and warm during this period of dangerous cold. The campus will reopen on Saturday, January 24th.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/RochesterCTC/status/2014416520672051439",
      "sourceDescription": "RCTC closed Jan 23 extreme cold",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from official @RochesterCTC X account."
      ],
      "characterCount": 540
    }
  ],
  "context": "Wider b356 RCTC residual extreme cold main campus close.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Main campus close with named facilities remaining open."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "RCTC closed Jan 23 extreme cold",
      "url": "https://x.com/RochesterCTC/status/2014416520672051439",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-26"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "minnesota",
    "winter-storm",
    "community-college",
    "wider-reach"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-26",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-26",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}