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Gov. Cox says cities will regain primary firework authority for Pioneer Day
A statewide fireworks ban that went into effect for the Fourth of July will not be issued for Pioneer Day this week, Gov. Spencer Cox said in an update of fireworks restrictions Monday. Instead, each municipality will have primary authority over its own fireworks restrictions, while the state retains the ability to impose additional restrictions in high-risk wildfire communities. “We were hopeful conditions would improve enough to safely return more decisions to our local communities, and in many parts of Utah, that’s exactly what’s happened,” Cox said in a news release. ...
