Shannon Cole
Digital Multimedia Journalist
Anchorage, AK
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Shannon Cole grew up in San Jose, California and became obsessed with Alaska and the north after reading Jack London books in elementary school.
She studied journalism and broadcasting at City College of San Francisco, where she worked for The Guardsman student newspaper as a reporter and editor. As an intern at the San Francisco Examiner — the newspaper Jack London once wrote for — she covered Olympic trial events and Bay Area sports.
In 2019, she moved to Alaska to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks for the Arctic & Northern Studies program and worked as the News Director of the student media website Polaris News.
Shannon's interests include gymnastics, auto racing and Alaska history. She hopes to write a book on arctic history.
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Updated: 19 hours ago
|By Shannon Cole
According to social media posts from Mayor Dave Bronson, the resignation of human resources leader Niki Tshibaka was accepted on Monday.
Updated: 23 hours ago
|By Shannon Cole
A man has been indicted for a double homicide in Delta Junction last month
Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 at 6:44 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
The 51st running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race will begin in downtown Anchorage just four weeks from now, but the work is already well underway.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 7:04 PM AKST
|By Joey Klecka, Shannon Cole and Carly Schreck
The union representing the drivers, Alaska Teamsters Union - Local 959, announced that all students in the district — a student population of over 18,000 — were dropped off Tuesday morning at their respective schools before the bus drivers went on strike.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 4:37 PM AKST
|By Carly Schreck and Shannon Cole
Bus drivers employed by contractor Durham School Services decided Tuesday to initiate a strike.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 6:27 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
Veteran musher Nic Petit celebrated his fifth Willow 300 victory on Friday.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 5:39 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole and Nolin Ainsworth
A fire destroyed the power plant at Newtok's Ayaprun School on Thursday evening.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 9:11 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
Bonds and ballot propositions that will be on the April 4 ballot were decided in a special Anchorage Assembly meeting on Monday.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 9:34 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
An avalanche bulletin has been issued for Saturday and Sunday due to unstable snowpack in Turnagain Pass.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 7:40 PM AKST
|By Nolin Ainsworth and Shannon Cole
Authorities are looking for a second teenager who went missing on Monday in the Kotzebue area following the rescue of one of the young men on Friday afternoon.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 12:04 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
Anchorage Fire Department crews are battling a 2-alarm warehouse fire near Ship Creek.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 5:34 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
Robin Dern has been appointed to the interim Anchorage Assembly seat for District 2
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 11:38 AM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
A demand letter sent from an attorney working for former Municipal Manager Amy Demboski alleges her termination was retaliatory in nature.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2023 at 12:31 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
A rocket launch at Kodiak Island's Pacific Spaceport Complex - Alaska failed shortly after launch, crashing to the ground in plume of smoke.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 6:18 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
The police chief and lone police officer serving the Southeast Alaska community of Klawock died unexpectedly on Monday morning, according to the Department of Public Safety.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2023 at 6:35 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
A man has been arrested in Palmer on multiple charges of sexual assault.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2023 at 4:04 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
A Big Lake man was arrested on Wednesday following an assault in which one person was injured by a sword.
Updated: Jan. 1, 2023 at 2:46 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
Coast Guard crews towed the disabled boat 25 nautical miles to Juneau.
Updated: Dec. 28, 2022 at 9:23 PM AKST
|By Carly Schreck and Shannon Cole
Winds in Wasilla were strong enough to break the tie-downs of a Piper Cub, sending it two houses down from where it was secured originally.
Updated: Dec. 28, 2022 at 6:55 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
A man who was found dead during an August fire investigation outside Fairbanks has been identified.
Updated: Dec. 26, 2022 at 10:23 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
On Monday only 36 arriving and departing flights were delayed and just 9 flights were canceled, according to the flight tracking website Flight Aware. Christmas Day saw 64 arrivals and departures delayed, and 6 canceled flights.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2022 at 5:28 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
A former North Pole resident has been indicted on charges related to the death of his infant daughter in 2005.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2022 at 5:03 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
A pickup truck equipped with a plow caught fire in Midtown Anchorage on Saturday afternoon.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2022 at 5:35 AM AKST
|By Shannon Cole and Paul Choate
The Anchorage School district will again be closed on Friday. Most Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District schools will again be remote learning.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2022 at 9:23 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
Curtis Worland, a longtime Alaska Court Services officer, was attacked by a musk ox while trying to defend a dog kennel on his property.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2022 at 10:08 AM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
According to troopers, an adult male was stabbed on Saturday in the community of Kotlik.
Updated: Dec. 12, 2022 at 12:37 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole and Joey Klecka
Residents of a Wasilla neighborhood reported hearing a loud noise and experienced shaking buildings on Sunday afternoon. Authorities said a building was destroyed in the blast and others were damaged as well.
Updated: Dec. 11, 2022 at 5:55 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
Schools in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District will be closed on Monday, and students will be having a virtual learning day.
Updated: Dec. 5, 2022 at 7:42 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
Democratic candidate for House District 15 Denny Wells has announced that he has formally requested a recount of votes with the State of Alaska, according to a press release from the campaign.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2022 at 9:47 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
Anchorage resident Sephen James Allen and two juvenile suspects were arrested in Sept. 2020 following a string of armed robberies — including one at a gas station — in Anchorage, Eagle River, Chugiak and Palmer. Sentencing information for the juveniles was not available.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2022 at 2:58 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
One person has died in a crash near Anchor Point, according to Alaska State Troopers.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2022 at 7:31 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
The regional administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency has taken a major step in preventing the development of mines in the Bristol Bay watershed today, issuing a recommended determination that may put a stop to the Pebble Partnership’s plans for the region.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 8:48 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
The office of Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson released a list of the mayor’s vetoes to the assembly’s budget late Tuesday afternoon.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 3:49 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole and Joey Klecka
A village that was slammed by the remnants of Typhoon Merbok in September lost its only store to an early morning fire on Tuesday.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2022 at 3:44 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
Anchorage Police are reporting a collision has closed the intersection of Lake Otis Parkway and East 88th Avenue.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2022 at 5:57 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
Eight Alaska Senate Republicans and nine Democrats have formed the Alaska Senate Majority, according to a press release from the Alaska State Legislature.
Updated: Nov. 24, 2022 at 4:57 PM AKST
|By Luke Patrick and Shannon Cole
Volunteers at the tenth annual Frontline Mission community dinner treated attendees to turkey dinners, serenaded them with beautiful piano music, and provided all with a sense of community.
Updated: Nov. 22, 2022 at 3:59 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
A Kenai grand jury indicted a man today related to the death of Stephanie Henson on Nov. 17.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 2:57 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
A former monk who was part of the Russian Orthodox church has been sentenced to five years in prison for the sexual assault of a minor, the Department of Law reports.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2022 at 5:43 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
A teen is facing multiple charges after a deadly shooting in the Abbott Loop neighborhood earlier this week, according to charging documents.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2022 at 4:28 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
A sick bear discovered last month at Bartlett Cove in Glacier Bay National Park was found to be infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza, the Division of Wildlife Conservation says.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2022 at 3:36 PM AKST
|By Paul Choate and Shannon Cole
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake shook the Anchorage area on Thursday afternoon.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2022 at 3:57 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
A Fairbanks man was indicted on charges of murder Thursday related to the death of his girlfriend’s 1-year-old child.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2022 at 2:22 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
Alaska State Troopers have seized thousands of pills and dozens of grams of heroin in an arrest of drug traffickers near Fairbanks.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2022 at 9:29 AM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
A 56-year-old woman died following a car accident at the intersection of West Dimond Boulevard and Jewel Lake Road.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 3:35 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
An Anchorage man has entered a guilty plea in response to charges in the 2018 murder of Raynaldo Khotesouvan.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2022 at 3:25 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
The deadline for those affected by Tyhoon Merbok has been extended to Dec. 6, 2022.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2022 at 12:22 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
A 45-year-old Eagle River woman died in a scuba accident in Whittier on Monday.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 10:55 AM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
A bicyclist has been killed in a collision near Tudor Road on Tuesday afternoon, according to Anchorage police.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2022 at 4:53 PM AKDT
|By Shannon Cole
A 15-year-old has been arrested in connection with a fire that resulted in the deaths of three people in Bethel.
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