What a dump. Bronx activists are fuming that a proposal aimed at opening up the notoriously polluted Harlem River to swimming ...

Cooling centers are open to the public, providing air-conditioned spaces across several western Washington counties.

As the warmer weather starts to roll in, thousands of people will be heading to the water to cool off, but officials are ...

Make sure that you are in good health if you participate. We go into the water at 10:00 am sharp; after a group countdown from 10, 9, 8 . . . There will be a huge crowd (well over 1,000 last year ...

I assured him I could swim as in my teens ... a CFI in the Seattle area experienced an uncommanded loss of engine power while flying a Cessna 150 over the water west of Seattle.

Mike Seely, a lifelong Seattleite, is the former editor in chief of Seattle Weekly and the author ... Witnessing the mechanics of adjusting water levels for vessels of all sizes in real time ...

Swimmers leaned against the side of the Seattle University gym under the big tree (the directions that coaches gave to newcomers literally said to find “the big tree”), waiting for a coach to ...

According to Seattle Parks and Recreation, from May 24 to Sept. 22, the beaches will be open ... Alki Beach, we spoke to Amy French and April Hichens who were taking a plunge in the cold water.

I was looking to take a dip a little sooner, so I turned to the Seattle Open Water Swimmers ... I decided to join the Notorious Alki Swimmers, a group well known for their year-round commitment to ...

Close to 600 hundred swimmers and volunteers participated in the 15th annual Swim Across America Seattle open water swim on Sept. 9 at Luther Burbank Park (South Swimming Beach) on Mercer Island. The ...

SEATTLE — A woman is in critical condition after a two-car collision sent their vehicle into the water in Seattle's Alki Beach neighborhood ... to smash the window open. Another neighbor ...