ASSATEAGUE, Va. — Chincoteague Public Beach in the Virginia unit and all ocean-facing beaches at Assateague Island National Seashore are closed due to medical waste coming on shore. Here's a ...

Maryland beaches all around the coast were closed Sunday due to a "significant amount of medical waste" washing up onshore. A late afternoon update from Assateague Island National Seashore added ...

The federal government is not providing lifeguards at Assateague Island National Seashore, federal and local officials say, ...

ASSATEAGUE ISLAND, Va. -- The public beach will be moving 2.5 miles to the north. It's part of a larger-scale project that will include new trails, an access road and parking lots. The project ...

All ocean-facing beaches on the Assateague Island National Seashore, a 37-mile-long island along the coasts of Virginia and Maryland, are closed to swimming or wading, the park office announced in ...

The warning from Maryland’s busiest resort town was joined by similar notices about surrounding beaches, including Fenwick Island in Delaware as well as Assateague State Park and Assateague ...

Swimming was banned at beaches in Ocean City and on Assateague Island on Sunday after used hypodermic needles and other medical waste washed ashore, authorities said. Maryland officials closed ...

The closures stretched along nearly 50 miles of coast that included Fenwick Island in Delaware and Chincoteague Island in Virginia. Among the affected beach areas were Assateague Island ...