Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The New York Times story reported on lifeguards tasked with watching over the athletes, even someone as adept in the pool as ...

After the Paris Olympics began in late July 2024, a meme went viral making fun of the notion that professional lifeguards are present at Olympic swimming events, calling it the most "useless" job in ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The ongoing lifeguard shortage across the country might have forced your community pool to shorten its hours, or close completely. To keep swimming pools open, a ...

Anniston is hiring lifeguards ahead of Memorial Day weekend as city pools and splash pads prepare to open for summer crowds. ...

Maryland State Parks has announced that the Pocomoke River State Park’s swimming pool will not be open to the public this summer. The announcement comes after officials say they have not received ...

The Youngstown Lifeguard Academy teaches teens from the city how to swim and then trains them to be lifeguards, keeping the city's last remaining public swimming pool staffed and safe. When Kevin ...

Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of swim season in Georgia, but a shortage of lifeguards threatens pool access ...

Midwest City Parks and Recreations are looking to certify lifeguards to staff Regional Park Pool for the upcoming summer.

This article was originally published on July 16, 2025. When Kevin Tarpley was a young lifeguard in the ‘70s, the city of Youngstown had almost a dozen public swimming pools. “You had a pool on every ...