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Gov. Cox says he hated banning Utah's fireworks, but it worked.
Oohs and Aahs
Gov. Spencer Cox speaks with members of the media during the PBS Utah Governor’s Monthly News Conference held at the Eccles Broadcast Center in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. Francisco Kjolseth | Pool Photo UNIVERSITY—At 11 p.m. on July 4, Gov. Spencer Cox was standing near the Point of the Mountain, with a view into both the Salt Lake and Utah valleys.
He said he's taken in that same view on multiple Independence Day evenings over the years, and that there's usually so much firework activity that it "looks like a war zone." "I love it," Cox said.
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