{
  "id": "2026-01-26-volunteer-state-community-college-power-outage-weather-closure",
  "slug": "volunteer-state-community-college-power-outage-weather-closure-2026-01-26",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Volunteer State Community College",
    "shortName": "Vol State",
    "state": "TN",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "official X",
    "enrollment": 9000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-01-26",
    "type": "winter-storm",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Vol State closed for power outages and weather (Jan 26, 2026)",
    "headlinePublic": "Vol State closed for power outages and weather (Jan 26, 2026)",
    "summary": "Volunteer State Community College [closed all operations including academic instruction Monday January 26, 2026 due to power outages and inclement weather](https://x.com/volstatecampus/status/2015485829032907232), cancelling all activities.",
    "outcome": "All operations closed January 26; activities cancelled."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "2026-01-25",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "UPDATE: Due to power outages and inclement weather, all Vol State operations including Academic Instruction will be CLOSED on Monday, January 26 and all activities have been cancelled. Students, please check your Vol State email and text messages for campus updates and reopening information. The college will continue to monitor the weather and provide updates through all official college communication channels. Stay safe.❄️ ⛄\n#VolState #VolStateWeatherNotice #WinterWeatherNotice #VolStateUpdate",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/volstatecampus/status/2015485829032907232",
      "sourceDescription": "Vol State closed Jan 26 power outage",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from official @volstatecampus X account."
      ],
      "characterCount": 499
    }
  ],
  "context": "Wider b278 Vol State residual power outage and weather full close.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Power outages plus weather driving full operations close."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Vol State Jan 26 close",
      "url": "https://x.com/volstatecampus/status/2015485829032907232",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-26"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "tennessee",
    "winter-storm",
    "power-outage",
    "community-college",
    "wider-reach"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-26",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-26",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}