Las Vegas Optic

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| type = Twice-Weekly newspaper

| format = Broadsheet

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| owners = O’Rourke Media Group

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| editor = Phil Scherer

| language = English

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| website = {{URL|lasvegasoptic.com}}

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The Las Vegas Optic is a newspaper located in Las Vegas, New Mexico.{{cite book |last1=Anderson |first1=George B. |title=History of New Mexico: Its Resources and People, Volume 1 |year=1907 |publisher=Pacific States Publishing Company |url=https://archive.org/details/historynewmexic00cogoog |page=[https://archive.org/details/historynewmexic00cogoog/page/n607 476] |quote=Las Vegas Optic. |accessdate=29 June 2018}} 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.,{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn86063592/|title=Las Vegas daily optic|work=Library of Congress}} then owner and editor, Russell A. Kistler, revamped the struggling weekly into a daily paper, calling it the Las Vegas Daily Optic.{{cite web|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063592/|title=About Las Vegas daily optic. (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908|work=Library of Congress}} In 1908, the Las Vegas Daily Optic was renamed the Las Vegas Optic{{cite web|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063592/|title=About Las Vegas daily optic|work=Library of Congress}}

In 2021, the newspaper's owner Landmark Community Newspapers was sold to Paxton Media Group.{{Cite web |date=26 May 2021 |title=Paxton Media Group buying Landmark Community Newspapers |url=https://apnews.com/article/ky-state-wire-lebanon-media-newspapers-business-ca003c26cd5de15304de0cfac5045eed |access-date=2021-08-06 |website=The Associated Press |language=en}} A couple months later the Las Vegas Optic was sold to O’Rourke Media Group.{{Cite web |date=June 23, 2021 |title=O’Rourke Media Group Acquires Las Vegas (NM) Optic from Paxton Media Group |url=https://dirksvanessen.com/press_release/orourke-media-group-acquires-las-vegas-nm-optic-from-paxton-media-group/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=Dirks, Van Essen & April |language=en-US}}

References

Category:Newspapers published in New Mexico

Category:Newspapers established in 1879

Category:1879 establishments in New Mexico Territory

Category:Las Vegas, New Mexico