Eat ice cream and make history!

The Boys and Girls Club of Kootenai County and the Post Falls Food Bank will sponsor an event on Saturday, May 21 to set the unofficial record for the LARGEST gathering of people continuously licking ice cream for 1 minute. This fun, family event will be held immediately following the Jordan Johnson Memorial Fun Run at the Greyhound Park Infield. Countdown starts at 10:59 a.m.

This magic is real

Encanto is much more than a pretty movie.

Oscar-inspired cocktails toast the movies

SAN FRANCISCO - Movie magic will be the toast of Tinseltown on Oscar night, and what better way to bring the festivities couch-side than with a cocktail inspired by this year's nominees.

Until next year ...

Season finale for downtown farmers market

Missionaries worry about Haitians, describe jail

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - American missionaries who faced allegations of child trafficking in Haiti but were freed from jail described their trip to the earthquake-ravaged country as a simple humanitarian effort that left them even more concerned about the Haitian people.

Taking apples beyond pies, sauces

With the onset of apple season, it's time to start thinking about ways to use up all those bushels you bring home from your picking adventures.

Today's ghastly groaner

What makes 5 a.m. similar to a pig’s tail?

Risch names Abi's Ice Cream 'Small Business of the Month'

U.S. Sen. Jim Risch of Idaho, chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, has named Abi’s Artisan Ice Cream in Coeur d’Alene as the Small Business of the Month for June 2018. Abi’s Artisan Ice Cream will be recognized in the Congressional Record of the U.S. Senate.

Hunters can get hunter education certification online

And be eligible to buy a hunting license

Hunter ed online

2030: Are we visionary leaders?

Bill Jhung, from Idaho’s Small Business Development Center, certainly challenged us at February’s Upbeat Breakfast, both in terms of our individual engagements in our leadership roles, and as a community. Bill, thank you for a great message on Tuesday. Now what?

Time for goodbye

Over the last few weeks I have mentioned that I now have three in college and my youngest knocking on that door to his future. This particular challenge, coupled with the state of the economy, has necessitated my taking a job that will take me out of the United States. Taking this job will mean I can no longer continue writing my column, so this is goodbye. At least for a while...

What we're working on

Here's a peek at some of the stories we're working on right now.

CURRIE: Integrity is what you get

It's all about integrity. When people ask Rick Currie, "Why would you want to do a write-in campaign?" that is the answer they will receive.

Civil War presentation to kick off speaker series

Event is free and there is no need to RSVP

POST FALLS - "Abe Lincoln, Mark Twain and the Civil War," a live presentation, will kick off the Frank Henderson Speaker Series on Monday, Sept. 30, at 7 p.m. at the Post Falls Library, 821 N. Spokane St.

LAW: Students get a healthy dose

I teach in the Social Studies Department at LCHS. I had the opportunity to take my Street Law classes to the Kootenai County Courthouse for a field trip recently. During the field trip my students got a tour of the courthouse, observed a trial, and worked with the Honorable Judge Lansing Haynes, Judicial Staff Attorneys Buck Pennington, Casey Riedner, Katie Bilodeau, and Jillian Potts, as well as Bailiffs Todd Hartman and Adam Reames.

CON-CON: An insidious event

Mr. Loudenback’s “My Turn” column regarding a Constitutional Convention (con con) was right on. Some argue that a con con can be limited to a single issue, but there’s a preponderance of evidence and legal opinion to the contrary.

What makes Idaho a gem to visit

State conference on recreation, tourism happening in Moscow through today

It’s National Tourism Week, which means many of Idaho’s travel and tourism leaders have assembled in Moscow for the Idaho State Conference on Recreation and Tourism.

Muslims in school

Movers and Shakers

• Free workshops to cover how to do business with the government

NIC: New car raises eyebrows

Driving through the North Idaho College campus, I noticed a security vehicle in one of the parking lots. It was very a new Subaru XV Crosstrek compact SUV. I first noticed this vehicle last year. The Crosstrek was introduced as a 2013 model so this one isn’t very old. The base model starts at $21,000, according to the Parker Subaru website.