Shannon Cole
Digital Multimedia Journalist
Anchorage, AK
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.
A couple has been found after they went missing for nearly a week while on a hike in Alaska.
Officials have identified the two men that died Wednesday when their Piper PA-18 aircraft crashed in a ravine in the southwest preserve of Denali National Park and Preserve on the Yentna River.
The walrus, which was believed to 2 months old, was found by workers on the North Slope, several miles inland from the coast.
Speaking by phone on Saturday, Senator Dan Sullivan confirmed the event happened “within the last few days”, and that while the military response was robust — four naval destroyers were dispatched to the ships’ location — it was also uncommon.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning that was later downgraded to an advisory for the Southern coast of Alaska.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has made vetoes to the state's 2024 fiscal year operating and general budget, including significant cuts to education funding throughout the state.
Tweto's daughter posted the news on her Instagram post.
A former nurse practitioner who worked out of an Eagle River clinic has been sentenced for the illegal prescribing and distribution of opioids.
Alaska State Troopers are seeking information regarding the deaths of two people in Trapper Creek.
Members of the U.S. Coast Guard responded to a fire onboard a small cruise ship in Glacier Bay National Park on Monday.
Even though most Alaskans are used to seeing the monstrous mammals, the presence of one inside the hospital’s lobby was a surprise for those inside.
A moose wandered into a Providence hospital lobby in Anchorage on Thursday.
As word spread that a New York grand jury moved to indict former President Donald Trump on undisclosed charges, political figures representing Alaska in both Juneau and Washington D.C. are reacting.
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.
An Anchorage police officer said a gym was one of the businesses impacted by the collapse.
The Anchorage Fire Department is responding to reports of a structure collapse at a commercial building on East 76th Avenue.
An avalanche bulletin has been issued for Saturday and Sunday due to unstable snowpack in Turnagain Pass.
A rocket launch at Kodiak Island's Pacific Spaceport Complex - Alaska failed shortly after launch, crashing to the ground in plume of smoke.
A 38-year-old man has been indicted by a grand jury in the death of his newborn daughter in 2005.
A former North Pole resident has been indicted on charges related to the death of his infant daughter in 2005.
Curtis Worland, a longtime Alaska Court Services officer, was attacked by a musk ox while trying to defend a dog kennel on his property.
Officials say the officer was trying to defend a dog kennel on his property when he was attacked.
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.
Candidates for Alaska’s open U.S. Senate seat participated in the Debate for the State Thursday evening. The three candidates running for U.S. Senate were pressed with questions about issues currently facing Alaska.
