Photo, File Photo KXLPORTLAND, OR – Oregon health officials are launching the 2026 beach monitoring season, testing 25 popular coastal beaches for unsafe levels of fecal bacteria through September. The Oregon Beach Monitoring Program, a partnership between the Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, monitors marine and freshwater at beaches along Oregon’s 360-mile coastline between May and September. Officials…
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