There is currently sand restoration work being done at Tigertail Lagoon and Sand Dollar Island to maintain compliance with ...

Our Carpinteria city government is masterfully finding “alternative” ways to raise taxes. Since 1996, while costs have risen, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Five and a half miles of coastline is being restored in New Smyrna Beach. Right now, crews are pumping sand back on the beach that ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. CARPINTERIA, Calif., November 13, 2025- — The City of Carpinteria is inviting residents to get involved and learn more about ...

High tides and rough surf in recent weeks impacted beaches in Volusia County, but a sand berm put in place in advance of the storms helped minimize damage, according to county officials. "While these ...

There's no end in sight to the battle of the berms. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and other state officials have been pushing to continue to use money that BP has set aside to mitigate damage from the ...

Both the National Park Service and state have comment periods open on an erosional control measure along the shoreline of the national historic site on Roanoke Island.

Janice Lansing heard the magic words while walking on a sand berm off Louisiana's coast. It was in 2010, not long after the massive BP oil spill, the reason the sand berm had been constructed. She had ...