{
  "id": "2026-03-13-highline-college-weather-early-close",
  "slug": "highline-college-weather-early-close-2026-03-13",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Highline College",
    "shortName": "Highline",
    "state": "WA",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "Highline Alerts (EAS)",
    "enrollment": 9000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-03-13",
    "type": "winter-weather",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Weather early close with operations and classes canceled after 10:30 a.m",
    "headlinePublic": "Weather early close with operations and classes canceled after 10:30 a.m",
    "summary": "Highline College [announced a 10:30 a.m. early close on March 13, 2026 due to weather, canceling operations and classes including online classes scheduled after that time](https://highlinealerts.highline.edu/march-13-2026-early-closure-due-weather-conditions/).",
    "outcome": "Campus closed early at 10:30 a.m.; afternoon operations and classes including online canceled."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-03-13T09:51:45-07:00",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "Due to weather conditions, Highline College is closing at 10:30 a.m. on March 13, 2026. All operations and classes, including online classes, scheduled after 10:30 a.m. are canceled.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://highlinealerts.highline.edu/march-13-2026-early-closure-due-weather-conditions/",
      "sourceDescription": "Highline College Alerts official WordPress archive post",
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        "pubDate 2026-03-13T16:51:45Z from RSS; PDT applied (March).",
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        "Distinct incident from 2026-03-14-highline-college-weather-delayed-start (prior-day early close vs next-day delayed open) and from 2026-04-22-highline-college-lockdown-jeep-cherokee (weather vs armed-person lockdown) and 2018-02-16-highline-college-shots-fired-lockdown."
      ],
      "characterCount": 182
    }
  ],
  "context": "Highline College publishes official alert products on [highlinealerts.highline.edu](https://highlinealerts.highline.edu/) (WordPress RSS at /feed/).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Weather early close explicitly includes online classes after the cutoff time."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Highline College Alerts: March 13 early weather close",
      "url": "https://highlinealerts.highline.edu/march-13-2026-early-closure-due-weather-conditions/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-10",
      "archiveUrl": null,
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    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "community-college",
    "washington",
    "highline",
    "winter-weather",
    "early-close"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-10",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-10",
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}