Nearly 200 people were left without a home after a fire ripped through a Mount Vernon apartment building earlier this week.

So many residents have stepped up to help the victims displaced by a fire in Mount Vernon that officials are now telling people to stop making donations.

As usual, Blaine is the first town in Whatcom County to ring in the holidays with its tree lighting on Saturday, Nov. 29 (plus a craft fair, carols and free carriage rides). Ferndale follows suit on ...