CRAIG NORTHRUP/Press Lindsey Tompkins Messerly (right) showcases a shirt for Jill Tompkins to judge at the Coeur d’Alene Target Friday morning. Despite a record $4.2 billion spent by online shoppers Thursday, a strong economy is boosting healthy crowds at brick-and-mortar parking lots from State Line to Sherman Avenue — and around the country — for this year’s Black Friday shopping.

November 30, 2019