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Davis Hall Emptied: A Bomb Threat Closed Both BridgeValley Campuses

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On Tuesday, July 5, 2022, BridgeValley Community and Technical College's South Charleston and Montgomery campuses in West Virginia were evacuated after a bomb threat, reported to the college by Metro 911 around 10:58 a.m. Police cleared Building 2000 in South Charleston and Davis Hall on the Montgomery campus; no bomb was found. West Virginia University in Morgantown was closed the same day by a separate bomb threat.

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BridgeValley Community and Technical College
Technical College · WV
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Alert Sequence

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Some alert texts below are approximate reconstructions from news coverage, not confirmed verbatim transcripts. Reconstructed texts are shown in italic with a dashed border. Verified verbatim texts have a solid border and are marked accordingly.

INITIAL ALERTPush
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BRIDGEVALLEY ALERT: A bomb threat has been received. Evacuate all buildings on the South Charleston and Montgomery campuses now. Move away from the buildings and await further instructions.

This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.

WV MetroNews reported Metro 911 notified BridgeValley of the bomb threat around 10:58 a.m. EDT on July 5, 2022; the timestamp here reflects the evacuation that immediately followed, and the alert wording is reconstructed.
Both the South Charleston and Montgomery campuses were evacuated, with Building 2000 in South Charleston and Davis Hall in Montgomery specifically cleared.
ALL CLEARPush
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BRIDGEVALLEY ALERT: Police have searched both campuses and found no device. All buildings are cleared. Classes and events remain canceled for the day.

This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.

The BVCTC and South Charleston police cleared the buildings without incident; no bomb was found, and all BridgeValley buildings were cleared to re-enter.
Classes and events remained canceled for the rest of July 5, 2022 even after the all-clear, a detail preserved here.
Context

Background

BridgeValley Community and Technical College serves West Virginia from campuses in South Charleston and Montgomery. On Tuesday, July 5, 2022, Metro 911 notified the college of a bomb threat around 10:58 a.m. EDT, and both campuses were evacuated; the BVCTC and South Charleston police departments cleared Building 2000 in South Charleston and Davis Hall in Montgomery without incident. No device was found, but classes and events stayed canceled for the day. The threat came amid a broader 2022 wave of bomb threats against US campuses; West Virginia University in Morgantown was closed the same day by a separate threat. The case is a clear example of a two-campus technical college executing a full evacuation in response to a phoned-in threat.
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Sources

  1. News
    UPDATE: BridgeValley campuses cleared after bomb threat - WOWK
    wowktv.com
  2. News
    WVU, BridgeValley will return to normal operations following bomb threats - WV MetroNews
    wvmetronews.com
  3. Source
    Bomb threats disrupt campuses across the country - Inside Higher Ed
    insidehighered.com
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bomb-threatwest-virginiatechnical-collegeevacuationsouth-charlestonmontgomery
Added May 2026Updated May 2026Via ingestion