The July 7 report from Environment America Research and Policy Center found that 61% of tested beaches nationwide saw ...

Nearly 8 out of 10 monitored beaches in Washington recorded at least one day of potentially unsafe levels of fecal bacteria ...

On July 4, tens of thousands descend on the Long Beach Peninsula. The crowds and leftover garbage have spurred some peninsula residents to say enough is enough.

A seaside escape is always a popular summer activity, particularly for Fourth of July festivities, but with potentially ...

Travel + Leisure magazine polled its readers and ranked the best islands in the continental U.S. See why these Washington islands made the list.

— -- A harbor seal pup was recently euthanized by wildlife officials in Washington state after it was carried off a beach by a woman who mistakenly thought the seal had been abandoned ...

In this Saturday, Oct, 31, 2011, photo, Bela Kovacs talks about a custom machine that separates gold from beach sand during a beach mining demonstration at Boone Creek on Roosevelt Beach, Wash.

It was time to paddle out, drop in and hang 10 on the Washington swells. The surfers were met with pounding whitewash crashes and a strong rip pulling them south.

A 15-year-old boy went missing off the southern Washington coast on Friday, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a news release. The boy was swimming near Long Beach, Washington, just north of Cape ...