WATAUGA COUNTY, N.C. —
Watauga High School was placed on a brief lockdown after school officials investigated an online threat.
According to Watauga County High School the online threat of violence forced the school to go on lockdown as a precaution while law enforcement investigates.
Schools officials said the tumors of a threat of violence were investigated and now dispelled. School is now operating as normal.
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