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.
Education
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Awards
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 4:34 PM AKDT
|By Shannon Cole and Austin Sjong
The full list of award winners for the 51st running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race was finalized at the awards banquet in Nome on Sunday.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 10:43 PM AKDT
|By Shannon Cole
In a meeting on Thursday, the Alaska State Board of Education and Early Development adopted a resolution to urge the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development to ban transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 7:05 PM AKDT
|By Shannon Cole
Minnesota Drive and the Hillcrest Drive overpass were closed for hours on Tuesday afternoon due to a fatal incident involving a heavy equipment transporter.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 2:11 PM AKST
|By Elena Symmes and Shannon Cole
Governor Mike Dunleavy announced education-focused legislation on Tuesday that he hopes will find new solutions to problems facing Alaska’s public education system.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 4:19 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
A DPS alert released shortly after 2:50 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon stated that northbound lanes were closed at the Knik River Bridge due to a vehicle collision.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 11:05 AM AKST
|By Paul Choate, Tim Rockey, Shannon Cole and Nolin Ainsworth
An infant for whom an Amber Alert was issued has been found safe in Anchorage and the suspect in the kidnapping — and a related homicide — has been arrested.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 5:56 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
A musher's dog trailer disconnected from the truck he was driving southbound on the Seward Highway near mile post 105, with the trailer landing in the northbound lane.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 11:17 AM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
Two Alaska State Troopers fired their weapons at a man in North Pole on Wednesday.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2023 at 10:13 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
The annual Fur Rondy festival returns to Anchorage with a full slate of activities for the entire family.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2023 at 8:34 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
The Anchorage Fire Department is responding to reports of a structure collapse at a commercial building on East 76th Avenue.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 10:21 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
Each year on Feb. 16, Alaskans honor a woman who altered the course of history and established rights for Indigenous peoples.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 10:42 AM AKST
|By Shannon Cole, Tim Rockey and Lex Yelverton
The library in Palmer partially collapsed on Wednesday evening near closing time.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 at 5:40 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
Carol Beecher has been appointed to replace former director Gail Fenumiai, who retired in Dec. of 2022.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 at 6:24 AM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
Early returns in the race for Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor show Peter Micciche ahead of the the other four candidates on the ballot.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 10:28 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
A suspicious package addressed to a residence in Juneau was found to contain 177 grams of methamphetamine, Juneau Police Department reports.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 9:51 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
A Superior Court judge in Juneau has sentenced John Stapleton to 20 years in prison for the 2018 killing of John Ferguson.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 6:19 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
Two women from Anchorage have been indicted on charges related to identity theft and fraud, including the theft of over 200 identities, according to a release from the Department of Justice.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 5:26 PM AKST
|By Shannon Cole
Palmer Superior Court Judge Kari Kristiansen sentenced 63-year-old Michael James Kilgo to 80 years in prison for the 2018 murder of his wife.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2023 at 4:11 PM AKST
|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: Feb. 6, 2023 at 12:01 PM AKST
|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.
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