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 ...

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.