Steamboat Pilot &amp; TodaySteamboat Pilot &amp; Today Steamboat Pilot & Today The Steamboat Pilot & Today is an American newspaper serving Routt County, Colorado and owned by Swift Communications. The "Steamboat Pilot & Today" is a free tabloid published daily. As of 2011, "The Pilot & Today" has been named the top newspaper in its circulation class eight times in nine years by the Colorado Press Association. History. "Steamboat Pilot" was a weekly newspaper established in Steamboat Springs, Colorado and first printed on July 31, 1885, by James Hoyle. It merged with "The Routt County Sentinel" in 1927, and later with "The Oak-Creek Times-Leader" in 1944. Jack Kent Cooke  acquired the Pilot in 1988. "Steamboat Today" was first published as a daily tabloid newspaper on August 21, 1989, as an accompaniment to the "Pilot". In 1994, WorldWest acquired the papers from the Cooke estate. WorldWest was owned by the Simmons family, which also owned the "Lawrence Journal-World". In 2008, ExploreSteamboat.com, the website of affiliated magazine "Explore Steamboat" was nominated for the EPpy Awards as Best Regional Magazine-Affiliated Web Site. In June 2016, the newspaper was acquired by Swift Communications. Steamboat Pilot & Today The Steamboat Pilot & Today is an American newspaper serving Routt County, Colorado and owned by