Brent Boyer has been the editor of the Steamboat Pilot & Today since August 2007. He moved to Steamboat Springs in December 2002 to be the paper's first full-time education reporter. He was named city editor in August 2005.
Brent has a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he covered the Colorado Buffaloes football team for the Colorado Daily, high school sports for the Boulder Daily Camera and general assignment news for the Denver Post.
Brent was born in Southern California but raised in Northern Virginia. He spends time away from the office enjoying outdoor activities like snowboarding, hiking, mountain biking and golfing. He married Megan Wortman in August 2008 in Steamboat Springs.
Recent Stories
Investigation into 2011 skier death at Howelsen Hill failed to contact key witness
Just three weeks after her 19-year-old son’s death on the slopes of Howelsen Hill, Maureen Ryan pleaded by phone and by email for the Steamboat Springs Police Department’s lead detective on the investigation to call another skier who had found himself in the area near the Alpine Slide on that same snowy March 17, 2011, evening. But Ryan’s pleas went unanswered.
Hayden’s Whittney Lighthizer designs winning ski safety poster
The Hayden Valley Elementary School fourth-grader won a 2013-14 season ski pass and $50 in cash for her poster reminding skiers and riders about the importance of staying in control.
Steamboat Pilot & Today collects 50 Colorado Press Association awards at annual contest
The Steamboat Pilot & Today collected 50 awards during Saturday’s Colorado Press Association Better Newspaper Contest banquet, highlighted by the 2012 Advertising Innovation award.
Scott Stanford named Colorado Newspaper Person of the Year
Steamboat Pilot & Today General Manager Scott Stanford was named the 2012 Colorado Newspaper Person of the Year on Saturday. The honor is the highest bestowed upon a newspaper professional by the Colorado Press Association.
Weeklong athletic performance seminars feature elite athletes, trainers
Steamboat's Forever Fit hopes four free community seminars will provide wealth of knowledge to weekend warriors as well as the parents of youth athletes.
Winter Carnival 2013: Museum pays unique tribute to legend
Carl Howelsen may be the father of ski jumping in Steamboat Springs and the founder of its Winter Carnival, but he was renowned as The Flying Norseman long before he happened upon Northwest Colorado.
Winter Carnival 2013: History, one button at a time
The tradition is not quite as old as Winter Carnival itself, but what better exemplifies the down-home pageantry and annual coming together of community like the small, round buttons unique to each year’s midwinter celebration?
Steamboat Springs' December sales tax revenues fall by more than 6 percent
Despite the drop-off, 2012 tax revenues are poised to top 2011 revenues by about 1 percent, and the city is expected to beat its revenue budget by about 8 percent.
Powerful storm to exit Steamboat by Thursday afternoon but not before dumping as much as 2 1/2 feet at ski area
As much as 16 inches of snow is expected in town by Thursday evening with almost double that total possible for Steamboat Ski Area.
Steamboat lodging occupancy to be up slightly this weekend before dipping next week
There will be a 10 percent increase in the number of overnight guests staying in Steamboat on Saturday. The Mountain Travel Research Program predicts increased occupancy for the next two months at Western U.S. ski resorts when compared with 2012.
