An effort to secure a professional fireworks show on July 5 has fizzled.
Tourism director Leslie Ross said she contacted an Anchorage pyrotechnician about coming to Haines for a show the day after Independence Day, as no qualified contractors were available for the holiday.
“There were too many logistics and it was too expensive to make it happen, especially for a program that wouldn’t happen on the Fourth (of July),” Ross said. Complications included getting…
