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A Reno, Nevada wedding chapel owner is promoting gay marriage as a means to save the state's declining wedding industry. ?A Reno, Nevada wedding chapel owner is promoting gay marriage as a means to save the state's declining wedding industry. George Flint, who owns the Chapel of the Bells, told Fox Reno that the state's ban on gay nuptials was hurting business. ?If we had that as a tourist package, of course it would be good for the state, but a lot of people don't think past their moral or religious noses,? he said. Guy Rocha, a former Nevada state Archivist, agreed, telling the Reno Gazette-Journal that marriage equality would revive the struggling industry. ?It doesn't save Nevada from its economic distress, but it helps, and helps with the wedding industry,? he said. Referring to the growing number of states which have legalized such unions, Rocha added: ?That opportunity is fairly rapidly diminishing. If we don't make a move in this decade, it's going to pass us by.? According to

Gannett, the largest US newspaper chain, has announced plans to begin charging for online access to its 80 US dailies by the end of the year with the exception of flagship USA Today.

(Reuters) - A wind-driven brush fire flared south of Reno, Nevada, on Thursday, prompting the evacuation of an elementary school and nearby homes and belching thick smoke that forced the closure of a stretch of a major highway, state police said.

RENO, Nevada (Reuters) - The careless disposal of hot fireplace ashes by an elderly man ignited the fierce brush fire that destroyed 26 houses, prompted thousands of people to flee their homes and closed a major highway near northern Nevada's largest city, officials said on Friday.

Nearly 10,000 people were evacuated and a state-wide emergency declared Friday as a wildfire ripped through parts of Reno, Nevada, officials and reports said.

A US federal probe was underway Saturday to investigate a horrific crash of a World War II-era plane at a Nevada air race that left at least three people dead and 54 injured.

At least two people were killed and 54 injured when a vintage aircraft ploughed into spectators at an air show in the US state of Nevada, officials and reports said.

At least two people were killed and 54 injured when a vintage aircraft ploughed into spectators at an air show in the US state of Nevada, officials and reports said.

At least two people were killed and dozens injured when a vintage aircraft crashed into the ground at an air show in the US state of Nevada, officials and reports said.

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Voters in Nevada go to the polls next week to elect a replacement for U.S. Representative Dean Heller in a largely Republican rural district that has never sent a Democrat to Congress.

The US state of Nevada reeled in shock Wednesday after a gunman opened fire on a group of National Guardsmen having breakfast at a pancake restaurant, killing four people and wounding seven.

A gunman opened fire on a group of National Guardsmen having breakfast at a Nevada restaurant, killing three people and wounding eight others before turning the gun on himself.

A gunman opened fire on a group of national guardsmen having breakfast at a Nevada restaurant, killing three people and wounding eight others before turning the gun on himself.

Our elected officials should value transparency in government. One of the hallmarks of good government is transparency. The public should know what is happening and why decisions are being made. That's why Nevada has laws requiring government meetings and documents be open to the public. State law also requires public officials to disclose any conflicts of interest, so people can be assured the public's business is being handled fairly.Those laws are vitally important, but elected officials don't always seem to understand that. For example:

Rep Amodei doesn't like Medicare or puppies. Students4Kate support the Democrat Kate Marshall in the special election "because Harry Reid told them to."

Sun series triggered legislation on reporting patient harm. CARSON CITY - Gov. Brian Sandoval has signed a package of bills that will greatly increase the amount of information about hospital quality available to the public, a "remarkable achievement" toward improving health care safety, according to a legislator.

CARSON CITY - Eyes often glaze over at the mere mention of the word redistricting.

As I fight off "State of the State" fever and get ready to play the "No new taxes" drinking game Monday, I need to empty out the political notebook from a busy week of activities crying out for insight and commentary. Much to cover:The alternative universe: There is at least one when it comes to the state budget. The Nevada Values Coalition, which now combines the essence of the state's fairly small progressive movement, has produced its own State of the State, with longtime liberal gadfly Bob Fulkerson doing the honors.

Former national guardsman greeted in Nevada after being jailed in United Arab Emirates. A former national guardsman received a warm homecoming in Reno, Nev., after being jailed for about two months in the United Arab Emirates.

On Monday, Gov. Jim Gibbons will conclude what might be the roughest four-year term a Nevada politician has endured who didn't die or get indicted. ¶ It began with pre-election accusations of assault on a cocktail waitress and ended with being thrown from a horse, breaking his pelvis and going through a painful recovery. ¶ In between was a raft of equally embarrassing and painful moments: ethics investigations; inept appointments; getting chased by the media during outings with women other than his wife; a messy and public divorce; a vitriolic relationship with lawmakers, both Republican and Democrat; accusations he spent little time working (Some noted, for example, the horse accident occurred during work hours ? 4:30 p.m. on a Tuesday.); and a loss in June's Republican primary, the first by an incumbent governor in the 100-year history of state party elections. ¶ Gibbons' tenure won't soon be forgotten. How it will be remembered, however, will likely hinge on the answer to this quest