MOBILE, Ala. -- As countless tarballs washed ashore on a beach along Alabama's Gulf Coast, cleanup workers sat and watched because they didn't have the proper plastic covers to protect their shoes.

An excavating company was ordered to stop the use of a sand-sifting machine by the Department of Planning after discovering it was being used at a Hamilton construction site without planning approval.

MUSKEGON, MI - Residents aren't the only ones who are concerned about rocks and other debris in the normally pristine sand at Pere Marquette Lake Michigan beach. Muskegon city officials also are ...

MUSKEGON, MI - Sugar sand -- better than ever, some even say -- has returned to the Pere Marquette Lake Michigan beach thanks to a new sifting machine. The City of Muskegon tried out the new machine ...

(AP) -- What's typically a beautiful, quiet stretch of beach in the fall now resembles a construction site. Bulldozers and yellow dump trucks shake the ground; a giant sifting machine spits clean sand ...

MOBILE, Ala.MOBILE, Ala. — As countless tar balls washed ashore on a beach along Alabama’s Gulf Coast, cleanup workers sat and watched because they didn’t have the proper plastic covers to protect ...

The city Santa Cruz created several safety measures to prevent drug use and stop dirty needles from ending up on their beaches.New tactics include closing the beach at night and a sifting machine that ...