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Bomb threat at Washington County courthouse

12:11 PM PST on Wednesday, November 19, 2008

By KGW Staff

HILLSBORO, Ore.-- The Washington County courthouse was evacuated Wednesday morning because of a bomb scare.

Police said a voicemail threatened a bomb going off at 11 a.m.

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A file image of a home-made bomb.

A Portland police bomb squad was searching the building and it was scheduled to reopen 1 p.m.

There were no reports of anyone hurt.

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