USDA invests $80 million in dairy initiatives

On March 2, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)  announced an additional investment of $80 million in the Dairy Business Innovation (DBI) Initiatives. Under the existing DBI ...

International competition calls for STEM projects

Students from around the world are invited to share their innovative solutions as part of the 2022 Spellman High Voltage Electronics Clean Tech Competition. This competition engages ...

Global demand for high-protein whey soars

Consumers’ renewed focus on health, immune system support fuels growth for whey protein products  The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally altered the global market for high-protein ...

Cannabis workers want longer sentences for robberies

By Brooklynn Hillemann Washington State Journal Cannabis dispensary owners and employees are hoping to see a decrease in armed robberies with the passage of a bill imposing stricter ...

Elsie Wood

Elsie Angene Wood was born Nov. 15, 1927, and passed away Feb. 26, 2022. Elsie Wood Elsie was born in Fort Laramie, Wyoming to Charles Eugene Parrish and Andris Hall Parish. She graduated ...

Julia Tjoelker

Julia Tjoelker Julia (Slager) Tjoelker, age 88, was called home to her Heavenly Father on Friday, March 4 after a five-year struggle with sarcoma cancer. Although she enjoyed life and ...

L.D. Erickson

L.D. “Speed” Erickson, 87, passed on Saturday, March 5, in Bellingham. L.D. Erickson Speed was born in Coulee, ND to Everett and Beda (Wasness) Erickson. After losing his father ...

Gary Love

Gary Love Gary Russell Love, 84, of Lynden, passed away Friday, Feb. 25. Gary was born February 28, 1937 in Estherville, Iowa. He grew up on a corn and soybean farm in the little town ...

Brian Stockton

Brian Stockton Brian Kenneth Stockton passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Feb. 9 at Hospice House. He was born on March 18, 1954 in Bellingham to parents Donald and Joyce Stockton. Brian ...

Nellie Heeringa

Nellie Heeringa Nellie Heeringa, age 99, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 5 at Lynden Manor. Nellie was born on January 14, 1923 in New Holland, South Dakota to Henry and Ada ...