Chamber still needs volunteers, licensed pyrotechnician for 4th of July

The chamber still needs volunteers - and sponsors - to run events at the town's multiday Fourth of July celebration.

And there's just one big, bright, sparkly unknown. "The only worry is the fireworks," said Tracey Martin, executive director of the chamber of commerce, which organizes the holiday extravaganza.

Wrangell no longer has a certified pyrotechnician to take charge of the fireworks. "Someone in the fire department is working on passing their state-proctored test so that they can do the job, but I am told that it is a very difficult test to pass, so no guarantees," Martin said.

The bac...