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  "id": "2025-02-03-highline-college-late-start-then-full-close",
  "slug": "highline-college-late-start-then-full-close-2025-02-03",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Highline College",
    "shortName": "Highline",
    "state": "WA",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "Highline Alerts (EAS)",
    "enrollment": 9000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-02-03",
    "type": "winter-weather",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Late opening upgraded to a full-day weather closure",
    "headlinePublic": "Late opening upgraded to a full-day weather closure",
    "summary": "Highline College [set an 11 a.m. open and noon class start for Monday, February 3](https://highlinealerts.highline.edu/february-3-late-start-due-weather-conditions/), then [closed for the day](https://highlinealerts.highline.edu/february-3-2025-due-severe-weather-conditions-highline-college-closed/).",
    "outcome": "The late opening was superseded the same morning by a full closure of operations and classes, including online classes."
  },
  "alerts": [
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      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2025-02-02T19:30:05-08:00",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "Due to weather conditions, Highline College will open at 11 AM on Monday, February 3 with all classes beginning at NOON. All operations prior to 11 AM are canceled. All classes, including online classes, scheduled before noon are canceled.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://highlinealerts.highline.edu/february-3-late-start-due-weather-conditions/",
      "sourceDescription": "Highline College Alerts February 3 late start",
      "annotations": [
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        "article:published_time was 2025-02-02T20:30:05-07:00. PST -08:00 applied to the same instant. Sent the evening before the operational day.",
        "Distinct incident from 2025-02-04-highline-college-weather-late-start: this Monday late start was upgraded the same morning to a full closure. The February 4 case is the next day's separate late-start notice. Also distinct from 2025-02-05-highline-college-weather-late-start."
      ],
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    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2025-02-03T07:52:10-08:00",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "Due to severe weather conditions, Highline College is closed for Monday February 3rd. All operations and classes, including online classes, are canceled.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://highlinealerts.highline.edu/february-3-2025-due-severe-weather-conditions-highline-college-closed/",
      "sourceDescription": "Highline College Alerts February 3 full close",
      "annotations": [
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        "article:published_time was 2025-02-03T08:52:10-07:00. PST -08:00 applied to the same instant.",
        "Distinct incident from 2025-02-04-highline-college-weather-late-start and 2025-02-05-highline-college-weather-late-start."
      ],
      "characterCount": 153
    }
  ],
  "context": "Highline College publishes official alert products on [highlinealerts.highline.edu](https://highlinealerts.highline.edu/).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "A late opening for Monday was upgraded that morning to a full closure, including online classes."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Highline College Alerts February 3 late start",
      "url": "https://highlinealerts.highline.edu/february-3-late-start-due-weather-conditions/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-04",
      "archiveUrl": null,
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    },
    {
      "title": "Highline College Alerts February 3 full close",
      "url": "https://highlinealerts.highline.edu/february-3-2025-due-severe-weather-conditions-highline-college-closed/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-04",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN save this batch captured https://web.archive.org/web/20261004174842/https://highlinealerts.highline.edu/november-19-classes-operations-canceled-due-power-outage/ at 17:49Z. This row was not given a separate snapshot."
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "community-college",
    "washington",
    "highline",
    "winter-weather",
    "diversity"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-10-04",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-04",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}