With the drought and extreme fire danger in western Colorado this year, Glenwood Springs is considering an innovative option to fireworks, a laser light show.
Tim Borden, a local Steamboat Springs fireworks enthusiast took the challenge of building the largest single firework ever made. To do so, he had to become mayor of what was essentially a ghost town, then made his friend Sheriff and applied for a fireworks permit...
We all know the drill by now, right? In the days after July 4, stories of regular people injuring themselves setting off fireworks are as commonplace as waving American flags at your town's Independence Day celebration.
The Fruita Fireworks put smiles on a lot of people's faces, but the traffic congestion afterwards resulted in frustrated and unhappy motorists as tempers flared.