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.

To the Editor: Perhaps Gov. Kelly Ayotte will consider including the detonation of fireworks in her ban of fires and smoking to protect us, our property, our forests, and our wildlife from wildfires.

Of course, we want fireworks! The Napa City Council is so proud of themselves, having eliminated Fourth of July fireworks that they actually "crow" about it! They seem to think that eliminating one of ...

The time is overdue for New Jersey to follow the lead taken by New York in legalizing the sale and use of certain consumer fireworks. New York is the 47th state to make some level of consumer ...

Fireworks are illegal in the city of New Orleans. Yet, every year, weeks before the Fourth of July and weeks after, fireworks are going off and it sounds like a war zone. I hear dogs barking all night ...

And we should be empathetic to the many of our neighbors who are dealing with PTSD. Our extreme drought, and the fire risk associated with fireworks, adds another dimension to the argument. Although ...

There is chaos happening today. It's escalating and frightening. Hoping for some local sanity, I look to our current area governments for some calm and sane choices for the people. Alas, not to be.

With commercial-grade fireworks for sale in many places, it is best to remember the dangers of unlicensed people handling them. According to the National Emergency Department Sample, there are ...