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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 ...

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 ...

Being a real-life lifeguard involves more than anything seen on "Baywatch" or "Rescue." But how does one become a lifeguard, and are there differences between being a lifeguard at a neighborhood ...

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 ...

Youth athletics and tutoring nonprofit LEAP is now looking to hire 40 swim instructors to help 800 New Haven kids hit the water this summer. There are two roles in particular that LEAP is hiring for: ...

The summer heat is in full swing, and many families are flocking to the pool to stay cool, but many places nationwide and ...

Summer is almost here — and a lifeguard shortage at Connecticut pools and beaches may cause closures this season. Stewie the Duck Swim School in Norwalk wants to help. Stew and Kim Leonard lost their ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago Park District is administering swim skills to aspiring lifeguard candidates on Saturday. Lifeguard candidates are required to successfully complete a 200-yard timed swim, ...

Santa Barbara County Parks has opened registration for the 2025 Junior Lifeguard Program. Summer sessions are available for youth aged 6 to 17. To sign up, visit www ...

Always wanted to be a lifeguard but can’t swim? At public pools in Phoenix, Ariz., that’s not a problem — as long as you’re a minority. If you thought universities took affirmative action too far, you ...