Las Vegas Optic

Newspaper in Las Vegas, New Mexico

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]

In 2021, the newspaper's owner Landmark Community Newspapers was sold to Paxton Media Group.^[5] A couple months later the Las Vegas Optic was sold to O’Rourke Media Group.^[6]

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.
5. "Paxton Media Group buying Landmark Community Newspapers". The Associated Press. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
6. "O'Rourke Media Group Acquires Las Vegas (NM) Optic from Paxton Media Group". Dirks, Van Essen & April. June 23, 2021. Retrieved 2024-09-07.