The Las Vegas Optic
TypeTwice-Weekly newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)O’Rourke Media Group
EditorPhil Scherer
LanguageEnglish
Websitelasvegasoptic.com

The Las Vegas Optic is a newspaper located in Las Vegas, New Mexico.[1] Published on Wednesday and Friday of each week, it serves San Miguel and Mora counties.

History

Founded in 1879 as the Las Vegas Weekly Optic.,[2] then owner and editor, Russell A. Kistler, revamped the struggling weekly into a daily paper, calling it the Las Vegas Daily Optic.[3] In 1908, the Las Vegas Daily Optic was renamed the Las Vegas Optic[4]

References

  1. Anderson, George B. (1907). History of New Mexico: Its Resources and People, Volume 1. Pacific States Publishing Company. p. 476. Retrieved 29 June 2018. Las Vegas Optic.
  2. "Las Vegas daily optic". Library of Congress.
  3. "About Las Vegas daily optic. (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908". Library of Congress.
  4. "About Las Vegas daily optic". Library of Congress.


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