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: Sep. 30, 2022 at 5:18 PM AKDT
|By Shannon Cole
In a letter emailed to parents of district students, District superintendent Jharrett Bryantt said that the anticipated end to the use of cohorts for school bus routes will not happen in October.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2022 at 11:18 PM AKDT
|By Shannon Cole and Lex Yelverton
In a memo obtained Thursday, Homeless Director Alexis Johnson states that the Health Department — the agency responsible for homelessness services — has been made aware that the municipality’s Department of Maintenance and Operations would need “more than a week of lead time” to conduct repairs on the Golden Lion facility.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2022 at 6:11 AM AKDT
|By Shannon Cole and Georgina Fernandez
Safety crews completed an assessment of the landslide area and have determined that the risk to the public has returned to pre-event levels, and are now allowing residents of the affected area access to their homes.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2022 at 10:22 PM AKDT
|By Shannon Cole
The Anchorage Assembly voted to approve an unnumbered resolution allowing the use of two city-owned properties as homeless shelters in a special meeting on Monday night.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2022 at 5:46 PM AKDT
|By Shannon Cole
A Fairbanks judge handed down sentencing today for the 1993 murder and sexual assault of Alaska Native woman Sophie Sergie.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 4:27 PM AKDT
|By Shannon Cole
A state program designed to assist Alaskans affected by disasters will open for applications next week. The disaster declaration made on Sept. 17 by Gov. Mike Dunleavy activated the state’s Individual Assistance program, which is designed to assist residents with expenses related to recovery from the devastating remnants of Typhoon Merbok.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 6:53 PM AKDT
|By Shannon Cole
Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson announced his latest selection for director of the municipality’s libraries on Thursday, naming Virginia McClure top librarian.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 4:52 PM AKDT
|By Shannon Cole
Juneau Police are investigating a suspicious death following the discovery of a deceased woman’s body yesterday near the Brotherhood Bridge trail.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 4:25 PM AKDT
|By Kristen Durand and Shannon Cole
The delay in payment is tied to how each resident submitted their completed PFD application.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2022 at 2:42 PM AKDT
|By Shannon Cole and Lex Yelverton
Members of Joint Task Force Alaska have been called into action to assist residents with the next stage of recovery from the destruction caused by the remnants of Typhoon Merbok.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 9:30 PM AKDT
|By Shannon Cole and Lex Yelverton
The Anchorage School District executive board met Tuesday to identify areas of potential savings within the district’s fiscal year 2024 budget.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 9:35 AM AKDT
|By Shannon Cole and Joey Klecka
Anchorage Police say that the missing teen, who reportedly has a history of mental health conditions, was found Tuesday morning.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2022 at 4:16 PM AKDT
|By Shannon Cole
Previous years saw the Equal Rights Commission investigate up to 125 complaints a year in the area of employment discrimination alone, but that number is trending downward.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 2:38 PM AKDT
|By Shannon Cole
The Aug. 31 crash resulted in the death of the driver's 2-year-old child.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2022 at 6:38 PM AKDT
|By Shannon Cole and Georgina Fernandez
School bus services strained by a lack of drivers are “on track to be fully staffed” later this fall, according to a letter sent to parents from Anchorage School District.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2022 at 1:50 PM AKDT
|By Shannon Cole
A 5-year-old boy has died after falling in the water near Port Lions on Labor Day.
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