Do you dare to bare all at the beach? A stretch of sand in Mississippi has been named one of the best nude beaches in the U.S. in a recent data analysis. Going bare at the beach may have some mental ...

Still looking for a place to retire? If you want to be near the beach, there are lots of coastal options in the U.S. The same Gulf Coast city was named one of the most affordable communities to retire ...

While the two oceans that bookend America get most of the hype, the best place to put your feet in the water in the U.S. might just be the Gulf Coast. Forested Florida routes, like the Big Bend Scenic ...

The bacteria keep turning up on beaches. Again on Thursday, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality said routine tests had discovered it in three new places: Pass Christian West Beach, ...

Southern Living has highlighted one Mississippi beach town as having the whitest sand in the state. Biloxi, on the coast, is ...

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality posts advisories that warn beachgoers against swimming in the Mississippi Sound when bacteria reaches unsafe levels. JOHN FITZHUGH ...

MISSISSIPPI (WVUE) - This information was provided by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality: The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring ...

A swimming advisory sign on the beach west of Courthouse Road in Gulfport warns visitors about high bacteria levels in the water on Monday June 9, 2014. JOHN FITZHUGH Sun Herald file People should ...

Two more beach stations have been closed due to an algal bloom, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality announced Sunday.The MDEQ said station 19 and 20, Pascagoula Beach West and East, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Gulfport, Miss. — As Memorial Day weekend ...

Blue-green algae in Mississippi waters may prevent swimming, but leading tourism officials say there are other pleasures to be enjoyed along the coast. “The beaches are not closed. The water is, but ...