I’m tired of hearing that firework sales support worthy causes, including Battle Ground schools (“Fireworks support Battle Ground schools,” Our Readers’ Views, June 2). It is an irrelevant argument.

Anecdotal reports note a marked drop in use of illegal fireworks over the Fourth of July weekend, the first major holiday to fall under new laws designed to crack down on possession, distribution and ...

According to The Columbian, Clark County had 27 residential fires caused by fireworks in July. And those that govern the county and cities are comfortable with that? Are you kidding me? Twenty-seven ...

As June begins, Reading is back to experiencing a major problem: fireworks for no reason whatsoever. Every year people start setting off fireworks in late May, just because they can. No matter how ...

Loveland’s not having fireworks July Fourth. Let’s think about why we celebrate the Fourth. For 250 years our nation’s been a beacon to the world. We’ve shown that to live in freedom and to enjoy rule ...

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May 29 − To the Editor: The recent COVID pandemic gave us humans an opportunity to reflect. Alongside the horrors and controversies, I heard people utter, “I hope we humans come out of this more ...

Daily explosions and aerial fireworks are being set off throughout the island, exponentially worse on holidays, and with zero accountability. These are at least felonies, but when was the last time ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Fireworks have been legal for a few weeks in Cedar Rapids. At first I found the noise annoying until I ...

Kochi: A letter written in 2016 by a former judge of the Kerala high court continues to resonate a decade on, particularly in the wake of the recent blast at a fireworks manufacturing unit at ...