Shannon M. Hoffman

General Assignment Reporter

Shannon M. Hoffman

Shannon M. Hoffman is an Alaskan-born writer and Denver Post intern. In 2017 she earned her bachelor's in journalism from Metropolitan State University of Denver. She has also written for The Loveland Daily Reporter-Herald and The Metropolitan.

Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains is pictured on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018.

120 turn out to protest Planned Parenthood clinic that organizer calls frontline of anti-abortion battle

January 20, 2018 at 4:58 p.m.

A big, steel-bar fence around the Planned Parenthood-Denver Stapleton Health Center on Saturday divided two sides of a polarizing issue: abortion.

Your selfie as fine art? Denver thinks so — if you pose with one of its 400 public pieces

November 17, 2021 at 1:16 p.m.

Finally, some vindication for all those selfie-holics out there: Self-taken portraits now are considered fine art in a new Denver Arts & Venues event celebrating the 30th聽anniversary of Denver Public...

Eighth-grader Josephine Koschal explains the workings ...

Colorado teens brainstorm the future of cities, and they see drones

January 18, 2018 at 10:21 a.m.

Colorado middle-schoolers have been racking their brains over how to make the world a better place. They showed off their big ideas in the Future City Competition on Monday.

Several thousand supporters march down Colfax ...

Abortion foes came out by the thousands to Colorado’s Capitol this weekend

January 13, 2018 at 5:08 p.m.

Young boys and girls rolled down the grassy slope on the west side of the Capitol Saturday afternoon as roughly 3,000 abortion foes from across Colorado came together to march...

Annual Preschool Showcase offers Denver parents and toddlers an educational shopping experience

January 13, 2018 at 2:10 p.m.

The Denver Preschool Program hosted its sixth annual Preschool Showcase designed as a one-stop-shop for Denver families to explore early learning options for their youngins.

Still hanging on to your Christmas tree? It’s not too late to turn it into mulch.

January 9, 2018 at 8:57 p.m.

Denver's Christmas tree recycling program turns the holiday decorations into mulch.

Cutter McWhirter of Casper, Wyo. cleans hats at the National Western Stock Show in Denver on Jan. 6, 2018.

Cowgirls and buckaroos have a heyday at the National Western Stock Show

January 6, 2018 at 6:51 p.m.

Plaid buttondowns tucked into white stitched boot-cut denim, big silver belt buckles and worn-in boots -- the traditional cowboy look was represented well on opening day of the 112th National...

Farm life met city life Thursday afternoon in downtown Denver for the Stock Show parade

January 6, 2018 at 3:48 p.m.

The smell of livestock was rich in Denver Thursday at high noon. Horses, longhorn steers, and even alpacas, mingled with people as they paraded along 17th Street through the financial...

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock delivers the ...

Mayor’s office dismisses ICE chief’s comments about charging sanctuary city officials

January 3, 2018 at 7:22 p.m.

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock rejected threats by Thomas Homan, director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, who said politicians running sanctuary cities should be charged with crimes.

Traffic passes through Interstate 70 via Eisenhower Tunnel.

Car fire inside Eisenhower Tunnel caused closures in both directions

January 3, 2018 at 3:46 p.m.

A car fire inside Eisenhower Tunnel closed the highway in both directions for about an hour early Wednesday afternoon.

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