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.

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

History edit

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 edit

  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.