''Las Vegas Mercury'' was an

alternative newspaper An alternative newspaper is a type of newspaper that eschews comprehensive coverage of general news in favor of stylized reporting, opinionated reviews and columns, investigations into edgy topics and magazine-style feature stories highlighting l ...

published in

Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...

from January 4, 2001 to March 15, 2005. The paper folded when

Stephens Media Stephens Media LLC was a Las Vegas, Nevada, diversified media investment company. It owned stakes in the California Newspapers Partnership and the ''Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette''. The company had been expanding its interactive Internet b ...

purchased ''

Las Vegas CityLife ''Las Vegas CityLife'', founded in August 1996, was the oldest alternative weekly newspaper in Southern Nevada and covered news about the Las Vegas Valley and surrounding areas. Coverage included news, politics, arts, and culture reporting in prin ...

'' and combined the two newspapers.

Columnists

James Barrier James "Buffalo Jim" Barrier (March 22, 1953 – April 5, 2008) was a local wrestling promoter for National Wrestling Conference in Las Vegas from 1994 to 1998. His legal struggle with business owner and landlord Frederick "Rick" Rizzolo, who ow ...

George Knapp (journalist) George T. Knapp (born April 18, 1953) is an American television investigative journalist, news anchor, conspiracy theorist, and talk radio host. Knapp's earlier work has been recognized with Edward R. Murrow Awards, Peabody Awards, and 24 Paci ...

Chip Mosher Charles Jon "Chip" Mosher (June 23, 1947 – November 15, 2021) was an educator, poet, author and newspaper columnist who wrote social commentary about education and history, as well as satirical fiction. Early life and education Mosher, who gre ...

* Pj Perez * James P. Reza ("Go: What to Do, Where to Go, & Why")

References

Newspapers published in Las Vegas Publications established in 2003 {{Nevada-newspaper-stub