STOCKING UP ON THEIR OWN FIREWORKS THIS YEAR. HUNDREDS OF AMATEUR PYROTECHNICIANS SPENDING A PORTION OF THEIR 4TH OF JULY WAITING IN LINE. OH, I THOUGHT, OH JEEZ, I’M GOING TO BE HERE FOR A SECOND, ...

Fireworks are set to fly on the Fourth of July. Local and state officials say be smart to avoid injuries. File photo The best place to see fireworks, public safety leaders say, is at a public display.

Tammy Clark can’t recall the last year there was a Fourth of July fireworks display in Collbran. “It’s been awhile,” said Clark, who is on the committee organizing the community’s annual Plateau ...