Columbus, Ga. – As the temperatures start to rise and the dog days of summer quickly approach more people will look for ways to cool off. One popular way is to head to the pool, and that also means ...

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Lifeguard shortages closed thousands of pools and beaches during the COVID-19 pandemic, when social distancing requirements disrupted training and rising wages lured some workers to other summer jobs.

The United States, you may have heard, is in a lifeguard shortage. The city of Houston is offering new lifeguards a $500 bonus. Jackson, Mississippi, is raising lifeguard pay by more than 40 percent.

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Ben Kaplan, 17, is spending the summer swimming and sitting at the pool. And he's getting paid $21 an ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- As people kick off the summer by flocking to beaches, lakes and pools, the swimmers are here - but the lifeguards aren't. At least, that's what some parks departments and ...

Two summers ago, a teenager who jumped off the diving board started struggling and flailing her arms in the deep end. It took only a few seconds for lifeguard Makenna John to notice the girl’s ...

Over a decade ago, about 100 people showed up to apply for the two beach lifeguard positions available in Brevard County, Fla., said Wyatt Werneth, who was the chief lifeguard at the time. This year, ...

Assateague Island National Seashore park officials are wrangling with a lack of lifeguards ahead of the Independence Day weekend, with swimmers at the Maryland and Virginia portions of the park ...

Beach officials said a patrol vehicle was struck in Ormond Beach on Saturday afternoon while the lifeguard was standing next ...