Fireworks ban fizzling

SANTA FE — A bill permitting bans on the use and sale of fireworks appears on the verge of fizzling.

Fireworks go on sale in Beijing for Spring Festival celebrations

Beijing on Friday started selling fireworks within the city's downtown areas as residents prepare to celebrate the Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year.

St. Charles to consider allowing holiday fireworks

St. Charles Parish Councilman Paul Hogan A year after the St. Charles Parish Council doused his proposed ordinance  to legalize fireworks and their sale in the parish, Councilman Paul Hogan is re-loading for another try. The new proposal would...

Proposal to ban fireworks on shaky ground

SANTA FE - A bill permitting bans on the use and sale of fireworks appears on the verge of fizzling.The measure would enable the governor and city and county governments to declare an emergency and

New Maine law legalizing consumers fireworks faces local challenge

The sale and use of consumer fireworks became legal in Maine as of Jan. 1, but no retailer has yet come forward to request a permit to sell the pyrotechnics, according to the Office of the Maine State Fire Marshal.