DENVER (KDVR) — A school resource officer at a Douglas County high school found a “suspicious device” inside a student’s backpack Tuesday morning, prompting a schoolwide evacuation.

Pilgrims Place.There will also be a public memorial service for all four victims of the accident at 2 p.m. at Ponderosa High School.

The matter closed Ponderosa High School on Tuesday, March 4, and led to an evacuation of the building. Students were let back into the school at about 11:40 a.m. The juvenile was detained by law ...

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. — A juvenile male was taken into custody after an explosive device found in his backpack prompted an evacuation of Ponderosa High School, the Douglas County Sheriff's ...

The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office said they got a notification about the bomb threat at Ponderosa High School around 7 a.m. Deputies and school resource officers responded to the campus ...

An "explosive device" was found in a Douglas County high school student's backpack Tuesday ... and new details from the sheriff's office. The crash happened in the wee hours of May 10 and woke ...

Ponderosa High School was evacuated and searched on March 4, 2025, after a student allegedly brought an “explosive device” to school in a backpack. (Courtesy of the Douglas County Sheriff’s ...