Halloween is almost here!

Today is Halloween, and North Idaho will have plenty of events and activities for families to enjoy.

Halloween, Oct. 31

• Trick or Treat Open House | 2:30-5:30 p.m., Parker Technical Education Center, 7064 W. Lancaster Road, Rathdrum. North Idaho College will host this fourth-annual, all-ages indoor event. Participants can stop at each lab and collect candy and prizes while learning about the many career and technical education programs offered at NIC. Last year’s event attracted more than 500 participants. Games, contests, giveaways, a retro arcade trailer, DJ. Guided tours of the center and a full-size trebuchet outside to launch pumpkins with the NIC Engineering Club. Free.

• Trick or Treat at City Hall | 3-5 p.m., Post Falls City Hall, 408 N. Spokane St., Post Falls. City Hall will be spooktacular for costumed kids of all ages. Stop in for trick-or-treating excitement. Free.

• Coeur d'Alene Realty Trunk or Treat | 3-5 p.m., Windermere Coeur d'Alene Realty, 1000 Northwest Blvd., Coeur d'Alene. Family friendly. Costumes encouraged. Decorated trunks full of candy, fun Halloween vibes, crafts and more. Free. 

• Trunk or Treat | 4 p.m., Human Rights Education Institute, 414 W. Fort Grounds Drive, Coeur d'Alene. Calling all witches, ghouls, princesses and superheroes. Trunk or Treat event in Coeur d'Alene City Park and HREI parking lot. Over two dozen vendors handing out candy and treats. Hosted by HREI and local businesses and organizations. Enjoy churros, Mexican hot cocoa and horchata to celebrate Dia de Los Muertos. Inside HREI will be craft activities and seasonal games. At noon, activities will be held for younger kiddos with popcorn, apple cider and "Spookley, The Square Pumpkin" movie.

• Trick or Treat the Downtown Coeur d'Alene | 4-6 p.m., downtown Coeur d'Alene. Ghosts and goblins will fill up buckets with candy in safe, family-friendly downtown. Sponsored by the Coeur d'Alene Downtown Association and Coeur d'Alene Fire Department. Free activities at participating businesses.

• Family Friendly Haunted Jail | 4-7 p.m., Old Kootenai County Jail Museum, 7940 W. Second St., Rathdrum. Hot dogs, popcorn and hot drinks for sale. Donations at the door for admission.

• Trunk or Treat | 5-7 p.m., Anthem Coeur d'Alene, 610 N. Fourth St., Coeur d'Alene. Festive night of candy, costumes and community. All are welcome.

• Harvest Festival | 5-8 p.m., Real Life Ministries — North Campus, 30447 N. Roughstock Road, Athol. Safe and fun environment for kids up to fifth grade and their families. Trunk loads of candy, bounce houses, tractor hayrides and games. Free.

• Harvest Party | 5-8 p.m., Spirit Lake Elementary School, 32605 N. Fifth St., Spirit Lake. Candy, drinks, a hearty meal. Prizes, games, booths, cake walk. Sponsored by Spirit Lake Baptist Church. All are welcome.

• Trunk or Treat | 6 p.m., Potter's House Christian Church, 213 W. Appleway Ave., Ste. 7, Coeur d'Alene. All ages welcome. Snacks, games. Free.

• Free Movie Night | 6 p.m. family film, 8 p.m. horror film, Wallace Elks Lodge No. 331, 419 Cedar St., Wallace. Double feature for Halloween night. Movies are free. Bar will be open. Snack bar open with proceeds going to scholarship fund.

• Trunk or Treat | 6-7 p.m., Silver Mountain parking lot, 610 Bunker Ave., Kellogg. Prizes for best trunks. Hosted by Kellogg Police Department. All are welcome. Free.

• Fall Fest and Trunk or Treat | 6-8 p.m. Games, food, prizes, candy, s'mores, bounce houses. Free.

• Trunk or Treat | Northwest Family Church, 321 S. Division St., Kellogg. Games, candy, crafts and more. Free.

• Haunted Hall-A-Way | 6-8:30 p.m., Lake City Playhouse, 1320 E. Garden Ave., Coeur d'Alene. Trick or treat rooms with pirate, graveyard, old timey and "Harry Potter" themes. Kids Halloween movies will play on screen in the theater. Complimentary hot apple cider and cocoa. Free.