Craig Daily Press / Matt Stensland

Matt Stensland is a photojournalist for the Steamboat Pilot & Today. He has worked for the paper since January 2006. Matt started working at the paper as a reporter covering the town of Hayden, real estate and business. After about a year he was hired on as the newspaper's first full-time videographer. Matt has a bachelors degree in print journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and grew up in Urbana. When not working, you will most likely find Matt soaking at either the Old Town or Strawberry Park hot springs.

Recent stories

Search area expanded: Civil Air Patrol looking at 4,000 square miles in 11 counties; By Matt Stensland; May 27, 2008; Helicopters and planes could be seen and heard throughout the day in Steamboat Springs on Monday, during day two of a search for a downed aircraft carrying a Routt County man and his son.
Search area expanded: Civil Air Patrol looking at 4,000 square miles in 11 counties; By Matt Stensland; 03:24 p.m., May 25, 2008 Updated 08:21 p.m.; The Civil Air Patrol expanded its search Monday for the pilot and passenger of a downed aircraft, to an area encompassing 4,000 square miles in 11 counties. Levi Klapperich, 26, of Durango, and his father, Mark Klapperich, 56, of Hayden, have been missing since Sunday morning after their twin-engine Cessna 310 left Yampa Valley Regional Airport in Hayden and flew east toward Fort Collins.
More jets coming to YVRA: United and Ski Corp. deal will increase seats year-round; By Matt Stensland; December 27, 2007; Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp. has struck what many call a long-overdue deal with United Airlines.
Man dies in accident at Milner Landfill: Longtime employee remembered as smart, caring, irreplaceable; By Alexis DeLaCruz & Matt Stensland; 01:28 p.m., October 16, 2007 Updated 12:00 a.m.; A 51-year-old Steamboat Springs man died Tuesday afternoon at the Twin Landfill in Milner after a bulldozer attachment fell on top of him.
Cattle conference not all bull: Trade organization’s annual convention mixes fun and business; By Matt Stensland; June 19, 2007; Getting transformed into a cow in heat was not on the printed agenda for this year's Colorado Cattlemen's Association convention, but that's exactly what happened to cattle producer David Mendenhall on Tuesday.
Airport veteran plans departure: Copeland trading big jets of YVRA for likeable llamas of Flat Tops Wilderness; By Matt Stensland; May 7, 2007; Ann Copeland remembers being a young girl sitting on her grandparents' porch and gazing across a future runway as the Yampa Valley Regional Airport was being built in the 1960s.
Upgrading the river: Study would examine fishing holes, kayak spots in Yampa to ensure health; By Matt Stensland; May 1, 2007; City officials are seeking a consultant to ensure that manmade structures such as kayak parks and fishing spots are not eroding the Yampa River's health.
Early burns a sign of an early spring: By Matt Stensland; May 1, 2007; White plumes of smoke throughout Routt County are serving as another reminder that spring arrived early this year, allowing the agricultural community to get an early start on spring chores.
Tenants trash house: New owner, police looking for ‘demo party’ hosts; By Matt Stensland; April 5, 2007; Steamboat Springs resident Jon Wade and his investment partners closed on a $705,000 rental property Tuesday afternoon. The next day, he discovered the four tenants he had inherited had thrown a “demo party” the night before that resulted in what he estimated is in excess of $100,000 in damage.
Free health services Saturday: By Matt Stensland; March 26, 2007; The arrival of spring means it is time for Routt County's annual check-up.

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Recent photos

Hayden High School science teacher Dean Massey talks Tuesday while sitting next to Fluffy, a taxidermy project completed last year by one of his students.

Hayden officials hope to link Routt County Road 37 with U.S. Highway 40 by next month.

A truck drives over the Yahmonite Bridge on Tuesday afternoon. The bridge will be closed to through traffic this week while waterline work is done.

The shelves are scarce in the storage room at LIFT-UP of Routt County where volunteer Paula Huselton was working Tuesday afternoon.

Greg Rockhold, pictured at his office Thursday, took Mike Luppes’ place as Hayden schools’ superintendent July 1. Luppes took the athletics director position.

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