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Students return to class after bomb threat at WHS

Handwritten note was found in school restroom

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Aaron Hansen, WHS principal, confers with Sgt. Geoff Reijonen (center) and Cmdr. Allen Cook of the Washougal Police Department. The school was evacuated at approximately 10 a.m. Tuesday morning after a threatening note was found in a school restroom. The building was searched and students returned to class at approximately 11 a.m.

Washougal High School students and staff have returned to class, following the report of a “non-specific threat of a bomb” inside the building this morning.

According to Washougal Police Department Commander Allen Cook, a handwritten note was found Tuesday in one of the restroom stalls at approximately 10 a.m.

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