The Steamboat Pilot & Today: Stories by Scott Stanford

$500 shopping spree winner announced

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Denise Scifres of Nathrop is the winner of a $500 shopping spree from Exploresteamboat.com

Scott Stanford: Hoping my mistakes will help the next guy

Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007

It is your mistakes, not your successes, that teach you the most in this business.

Mechanical problem delays newspaper

Monday, Aug. 6, 2007

Monday's print edition of Steamboat Today has been delayed because of a mechanical problem with the newspaper's press. The press was repaired by 6:45 a.m., and delivery began shortly afterward. Most of the city of Steamboat Springs had been delivered by 8:30 a.m. Normally, the press rolls between 1 and 3 a.m. on the Today, with the goal of having all 11,000 copies of the newspaper delivered to racks by 6:30 a.m. Circulation director Steve Balgenorth said all newspapers should be delivered by noon.

Scott Stanford: I’ve got a test for you

Thursday, Aug. 2, 2007

The release of Colorado Student Assessment Program test scores for the Steamboat Springs School District put us in a quandary ever year.

Los Lonely Boys comes to ’Boat

Grammy winners perform at Free Concert Series today

Friday, July 27, 2007

The Steamboat Springs Free Summer Concert Series caught a break this year when Los Lonely Boys was booked for the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo.

Scott Stanford: Energy industry fuels ‘Power Play’

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Mike Lawrence’s first article in our Power Play series was more than 2,000 words. But it was the following paragraph that got my attention:

Scott Stanford: At Home: what a difference a year makes

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Our summer edition of At Home magazine hits racks today. It is, in my opinion, our best edition yet.

Scott Stanford: If you start this column, you'll read most of it

Thursday, July 5, 2007

I wish I had a nickel for every time someone has suggested that “readers only look at the headlines.”

Scott Stanford: Giving it up for Bartender and Musknosumpin

Thursday, June 28, 2007

Gotta give it up for the users of steamboatpilot.com — specifically Bartender, Musknosumpin, the_Lizard and Dundalk. They beat us to the news time and again this week.

Explosion kills 2 teens

S. Routt teenagers were jumping on oil storage tank

Monday, June 25, 2007

Two South Routt teenagers are dead after an oil storage tank they were jumping on in the Routt National Forest exploded, the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office reported. The incident occurred late Saturday night at a well site off Rio Blanco County Road 8 near Chapman Reservoir. Killed were 17-year-old Samuel Hedemark of Phippsburg and 19-year-old Christopher King Fuller of Yampa.

Scott Stanford: What’s up? The price of gas and other data

Thursday, June 7, 2007

When we bought our Dodge Durango in February 2004, I read somewhere in the owners manual that our 5.7-liter, Hemi V-8 likes mid-grade fuel of 89 octane or higher.

How housing funds will be used still to be determined

Thursday, June 7, 2007

Steamboat Springs’ new affordable housing ordinance could generate millions of dollars annually.

Scott Stanford: Staff changes mean it must be May

Thursday, May 31, 2007

We always seem to have a lot of turnover in the newsroom of the Steamboat Pilot & Today this time of year.

Steamboat artist, sculptor dies

Richardella, 30, produced kayaker Rich Weiss sculpture

Friday, May 25, 2007

Tyler Mark Richardella, a Steamboat Springs artist and sculptor, died Tuesday at University Hospital in Denver. He was 30.

Scott Stanford: Cancer takes its toll suddenly, quickly

Thursday, May 24, 2007

My 64-year-old mother starts chemotherapy today to treat sarcoma, a cancer of the connective tissue that started in her thigh but has spread to her lungs and abdomen.

Scott Stanford: Scattershooting after Day of Caring

Thursday, May 17, 2007

I spent Friday cleaning up the Moonhill Schoolhouse in North Routt County with other managers at the Steamboat Pilot & Today. We scrubbed down the building and moved a pile of bark mulch from the schoolhouse to the new North Routt Community Preschool.

Scott Stanford: Prior review would damage credibility

Thursday, May 10, 2007

I have received requests recently to allow the subjects of stories to read those stories prior to publication.

Scott Stanford: Weighing positives and negatives in news reporting

Thursday, May 3, 2007

Positive and negative are dangerous labels in the newspaper business.

Scott Stanford: Sorting out the future of newspapers

Thursday, April 26, 2007

On Monday, the Denver Post announced it had offered buyouts to 90 employees in an effort to trim 37 newsroom staff.

Scott Stanford: Page 1: Reserved for seminal events

Thursday, April 19, 2007

I got a message Tuesday from an anonymous caller complaining about our front page. The caller was blunt in his assessment, so let me paraphrase what he said: “How the heck could you put a picture of a girl with a horse on the front page of the newspaper when 33 people died at Virginia Tech University? How dad-gum stupid are you?”

TV18 Video: Steamboat Today News

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Scott Stanford of the Steamboat Pilot & Today provides the morning news, which airs on Steamboat Today between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. on Steamboat TV18. The top headlines include 911 tapes reveal miscommunication on police call; group moves forward with recall of John DeVincentis; and a preview of tonight's City Council meeting.

Scott Stanford: Pilot made right choice on e-mails

Thursday, April 12, 2007

In the past week, the Pilot & Today staff has taken criticism for how we handled e-mails sent by School Board member John DeVincentis during his last year as principal at Strawberry Park Elementary School.

TV18 Video: Steamboat Today News

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Scott Stanford of the Steamboat Pilot & Today provides the morning news, which airs on Steamboat Today between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. on Steamboat TV18. The top headlines include a committee recommends that the city not move forward with a study into alternative uses for the Steamboat Springs Airport; a preview of the Steamboat Springs School Board meeting Thursday; and a visit with the new director of Historic Routt County.

TV18 Video: Steamboat Today News

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Scott Stanford of the Steamboat Pilot & Today provides the morning news, which airs on Steamboat Today between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. on Steamboat TV18. The top headlines include the Yampa Valley Housing Authority's efforts to buy Fish Creek Mobile Home Park; the School Board's investigation into who released John DeVincentis' e-mails; and the death of ski patroller Cody St. John.

DeVincentis issues apology for e-mails

Steamboat Springs School Board member says he will not resign from his seat

Sunday, April 8, 2007

Steamboat Springs School Board Member John DeVincentis apologized Saturday morning for a series of e-mails he sent in 2004 and 2005.

DeVincentis apologizes, won't resign

Pat Gleason warns board president that recall is coming

Saturday, April 7, 2007

School Board member and former Strawberry Park principal John DeVincentis issued an apology Saturday morning for e-mails he sent in 2004 and 2005 that were highly critical of Cyndy Simms, a former Steamboat Springs Superintendent. Asked if he had any plans to resign from the School Board, DeVincentis said, "the letter speaks for itself." His letter states, "In the future I will serve as the board member the public expects and deserves." The following is his letter as submitted to the Steamboat Pilot & Today...

Scott Stanford: Your chance to serve

Thursday, April 5, 2007

It’s that time of year when the newspaper starts looking for new Editorial Board members.

Scott Stanford: If you start this column, you’ll read most of it

Thursday, March 29, 2007

I wish I had a nickel for every time someone has suggested that “readers only look at the headlines.”

Scott Stanford: Readers get news delivery their way

Thursday, March 22, 2007

Not too long ago, the newspaper announced its foray into television with the purchase of Steamboat TV18.

TV18 Video: Steamboat Today News

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Scott Stanford provides the morning news for Wednesday, March 21, 2007. The news airs on Steamboat Today from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. each morning on Steamboat TV 18 and also on Steamboatpilot.com.

Scott Stanford: Sticking with Ann Coulter

Thursday, March 15, 2007

A week ago, I invited readers to provide feedback on whether the newspaper should keep or drop Ann Coulter.

Scott Stanford: Here’s a tip: Go with Winthrop

Sports commentary

Sunday, March 11, 2007

Best sports experience of my college years at the Naval Academy? The 1986 NCAA basketball tournament. Navy beat 10th-seeded Tulsa in the first round but drew a tall order in the second — No. 2-seed Syracuse, which featured Pearl Washington and Rony Seikaly and had beaten us by 23 in December. Did I mention Syracuse’s Carrier Dome was the site of the NCAA sub-regional?

Transactions for Feb. 28 through March 6

Sunday, March 11, 2007

OKONSKI, CHRISTOPHER M and OKONSKI, D ERICA TO BELL, MIKE FOR OVERLAND AT STAGECOACH LOT 16 - $680,000

Stanford: Ann Coulter can’t say that, can she?

Thursday, March 8, 2007

I have only myself to blame. I’m the one who decided last year to add Ann Coulter to our ViewPoints pages.

Video: News update for March 5

Monday, March 5, 2007

Luther Propst, the executive director of the Sonoran Institute, told the Community Alliance of the Yampa Valley that good growth management and conservation practices would lead to economic prosperity; representatives from the Colorado Department of Education were in the Yampa Valley last week to gather input on local schools; and A 24-year-old Craig woman was hurt Saturday morning when her car collided with a truck on Rabbit Ears Pass.

ASC digs out from extensive debt

Steamboat the first of several sales that will shrink company

Friday, March 2, 2007

The sale of the Steamboat Ski Area is the linchpin deal in American Skiing Company’s efforts to shed assets and transform the company into a much smaller, debt-free operation.

Les Otten resigns from ASC board

Monday, Feb. 26, 2007

Les Otten, the controversial American Skiing Co. founder, has resigned from the company’s Board of Directors. American Skiing Company announced Otten’s resignation in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing today.

Scott Stanford: Secret’s out ... we don’t like ‘executive’

Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007

Members of the Steamboat Springs School Board do not like that the newspaper uses “secret” to refer to “executive” sessions.

Video: News update for Feb. 21

Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007

Chelsea’s, a popular Chinese restaurant, closed its Steamboat restaurant Tuesday; the City Council gave quick and unanimous approval Tuesday to One Steamboat Place; and American Skiing Company continues to unload ski resorts.

Chelsea’s closes in Steamboat

Lincoln Avenue Chinese restaurant lasted just eight months

Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007

The owners of Chelsea’s closed their Steamboat Springs restaurant Tuesday. The doors of the Chinese restaurant at 345 Lincoln Ave. were locked after lunch, and a voice on the telephone answering machine said, “We regret to inform you that Chelsea’s is closed due to unforeseen circumstances.”

Video: News update for Feb. 20

Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007

Steamboat Springs will be the focus of a new show premiering on the Weather Channel March 4; the Hayden School District has raised more than $370,000 to help pay for the expansion of the district’s vocational building; and the Steamboat Springs City Council is set to act tonight on a community housing plan for One Steamboat Place.

Video: News update for Feb. 19

Monday, Feb. 19, 2007

Routt County will discuss GRAMNET funding on Tuesday; a 37-year-old woman died in a traffic accident Friday; and Oak Creek has au

Scott Stanford: When Anna Nicole ruled the media

Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007

In our “Last but not Least” segment on Page 35 today, there’s a story about how the late Anna Nicole Smith has dominated TV coverage in the past week.

Scott Stanford: Newspaper increases comics package

Thursday, Feb. 8, 2007

Some time back, I asked readers for input about our Sunday comics. The overwhelming majority of you asked me to add Zits to the lineup.

Scott Stanford: Lawsuit was only choice

Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007

As a story earlier this week stated, the newspaper is suing the Steamboat Springs School Board over the way its Jan. 8 meeting was conducted.

Scott Stanford: Putting our mistakes out front

Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007

We have published three corrections in the Steamboat Today since Saturday. All three ran on the front page. So will all future corrections under a new policy I have implemented with the support of Publisher Bryna Larsen (whose name we inexcusably misspelled in a recent story).

Scott Stanford: New features will stay

From the editor

Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007

Hopefully readers have noticed our new feature “Last but not Least” near the end of the Steamboat Today.

Child found in sub-zero temperatures

3-year-old girl flown to Denver Children's Hospital

Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007

A 3-year-old child is at Denver Children’s Hospital after apparently wandering away from her home with little to protect her from sub-zero temperatures. The child, a girl, was found at about 8:50 a.m. Wednesday on the side of Routt County Road 52E near Fly Gulch, Lt. Bill Brandenburg of the Routt County Sheriff’s Office said. The child’s name has not been released.

Scott Stanford: Who are we to tell you what’s on TV?

Thursday, Jan. 11, 2007

I remember when my family got cable TV — we went from four channels to 13. It was 1978, and I thought it was the coolest thing ever. We got TBS and WGN — all the Braves and Cubs games you could ever want, plus Perry Mason, Andy Griffith and Leave it to Beaver.