Two conservation groups seeking to stop a housing and marina project at the mouth of a spawning stream for endangered bull trout filed a federal lawsuit this week against government agencies that have signed off on the development.

The owners of a cryptocurrency mining operation announced Tuesday a plan to rehire as many as 150 workers to restart operations this fall at the Ponderay Newsprint mill in Usk. But the announcement isn't worth the paper the mill isn't printing, according to a power official.

NASA's return to the moon will have to wait a little longer after the first uncrewed launch of its Space Launch System rocket was scrubbed Monday morning due to an engine issue.

NASA was forced to scrub the much-anticipated first flight of its Space Launch System rocket early Monday after a series of problems with the rocket and the fueling procedures prevented it from lifting off.The space agency had been planning to launch the massive rocket and the Orion spacecraft, without any astronauts on board, on a trajectory toward the moon as part of its Artemis program. Now it will have to stand down and reassess problems with the complicated vehicle that has suffered delays and setbacks for years.Engineers struggled to get one of the booster's RS-25 engines chilled to the correct temperature by running liquid hydrogen, kept at minus 423 degrees Fahrenheit, through it. Engineers tried a series of fixes, but none worked.NASA ran into a similar problem in June during a fueling test known as a "wet dress rehearsal," and knowing it could be a problem for the launch, NASA officials said it would be a key hurdle to clear before launch."This is something they wanted to test during wet dress four but were unable to," Derrol Nail, a NASA broadcaster, said during the agency's live stream of the launch attempt. "So this was the first opportunity for the team to see this live in action. It's a particularly tricky issue to get that temperature dialed in."In the days leading up to the launch, NASA officials had tried to manage expectations, saying repeatedly that the flight was a test to see how the rocket performs in real-world conditions and warned they would likely encounter problems along the way.In an interview last week, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said that despite all the excitement surrounding the launch, "I want to remind people this is a test flight. We're going to stress this thing in a way that we would never do with humans on board. And so I just want to bring everybody back to reality."On Saturday, Mike Sarafin, NASA's Artemis mission manager, said that the launch "could scrub for any number of reasons. We're not going to promise that we're going to get off on Monday. We could have weather, we could have technical issues or we could have a range and public safety hold and or a combination of those."Still, it is a setback for the agency, which very much wanted the launch to go well. NASA has backup launch dates on Sept. 2 and 5, but it was not immediately clear when it might try to launch again.

An effort to block a paving company from expanding a gravel mining operation in rural Spokane County may have ground to a halt following a land use judge's ruling. 

“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind” echoed around the world on July 20, 1969, when Neil Armstrong famously stepped onto the moon for the first time.

After three years of planning and rescheduling through cancellations, Pig Out in the Park is back. Over the course of the week, visitors will have the chance to sample a wide variety of food offerings, meet local artists and artisans, and catch more than 100 free musical performances by local bands.

Apollo 7 launched on Oct. 11, 1968, with the goal of demonstrating the capabilities of the command and service module and its crew.

Nine years ago Thursday, a rare storm complex barged across the Inland Northwest, bringing heavy rains, damaging winds and a barrage of lightning.

Technology that measures how eye pupils respond to light is showing promise in research as a pediatric screening tool for autism – with a goal for interventions as young as toddler ages, said a Washington State University researcher. Autism spectrum disorder affects communication and social interactions with others, but children on average aren't diagnosed until age 4, which misses crucial times when they're developing language and speech.

Like spiders, earwigs have a bad reputation built largely on fiction. The truth is, they’re not that bad. A nuisance? Yes. A horror story? No.

Sen. Maria Cantwell toured Altek Manufacturing's 50,000 square-foot facility in Liberty Lake on Tuesday. Altek makes plastic and metal parts that end up in satellites, airplanes, medical equipment and other products. 

Whitworth University is taking steps to shore up its cyberdefenses following a reported ransomware attack that has left the university’s network crippled since late last month.

Don’t look now, but a spider the size of your palm may be in your house and this is the time of year it’s most likely to make an appearance.

If you come across a beetle sporting a rhinoceroslike horn, you’ll do a double- or triple-take. After all, the insect ambling across damp leaves in the forest resembles a dinosaur stalking through the movie “Jurassic Park.”

With Sen. Maria Cantwell looking on, President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law a bipartisan bill that will invest $280 billion in scientific research and manufacturing, including $52.7 billion in subsidies to boost domestic production of semiconductor chips, to bolster U.S. competition with China.

The Washington State Building Codes Council - after pushing to make heat pump installation mandatory in new commercial construction - has before it a proposal to require the same in new homes built in 2023 and beyond.

Not all moths are drab-colored pests that eat holes in clothes.

The system for getting donated kidneys, livers and hearts to desperately ill patients relies on out-of-date technology that has crashed for hours at a time and has never been audited by federal officials for security weaknesses or other serious flaws, according to a confidential government review obtained by The Washington Post.