All-clear given after downtown Leavenworth bomb threat forces evacuations Evacuations were in place for the downtown Leavenworth corridor and people outside of the area were asked to shelter-in-place. Highway 2 was also closed. Author: KREM Staff Updated: 6:33 AM PST December 30, 2020 LEAVENWORTH, Wash. — Authorities gave the all-clear early Wednesday morning after a bomb threat in downtown Leavenworth forced evacuations and a shelter-in-place. The areas of downtown had been searched by the Washington State Patrol's Bomb Team and a K-9 team with the FBI and were determined to be clear as of 2:25 a.m. on Wednesday, according to a Facebook post shared by the Chelan County Sheriff's Office.