The staunch Las Vegas Optic, one of a number of small town newspapers that have found the cash and the spirit to survive the universal collapse of print news publications, recently ran a photo and story on its front page that caught my eye.
Woman Honks Horn
The Rio Grande Sun devotes a whole page to its police blotter.
The Best of the Best: Small Town Newspapers
This past week brought about the demise of the Los Alamos Monitor here in New Mexico, done away with by its owner Landmark, with the usual excuses about declining advertising.
Small
For me, a worthy emblem of smallness is the Las Vegas, New Mexico newspaper, the Optic.
Valentine’s Day After The Fact
My newspaper of choice is the Las Vegas Optic, a thrice a week little dandy that manages somehow to keep up the brio we used to expect from all newspapers.