If you routinely forget to brush your teeth a larger tooth brush might be the cure to your lacking oral health. A Kellogg High School senior created a seven foot tooth brush as part of a oral health education display contest.

Jacob Rasmussen's giant tooth brush was among other creative endevours by teens in Kootenai and Shoshone counties for the contest sponsored by Panhandle Health District. Students from Kellogg High, New Vision Alternative School, Kootenai Bridge Academy and Coeur d'Alene Charter school participated, winners were given prize packages donated by local businesses.

The seven foot tooth brush, will be displayed, along with other winners, at PHD teen dental parties. The dental parties provide dental screenings, fluoride varnish, dental sealants and vouchers for needed follow-up care. Last year, local dentists donated nearly $20,000 worth of follow-up care for low-income families.  

On Saturday, April 27th, police departments across the region will be hosting drug collections as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration's fifth National Drug Take Back Day.

The DEA has collected over 1,000 tons of unused and expired prescription drugs over the last three years. The take back day was started to get the public more involved in the prevention of prescription drug abuse.

Unused prescription drugs in homes are considered a public health and safety concern by the DEA. According to the DEA this is because the drugs are “highly susceptible to accidental ingestion, diversion, misuse and abuse”.

A survey done by the DEA found that the majority of abuses get their prescription drugs through friends and family. Often times it's as simple as raiding the medicine cabinet. Americans currently abuse more prescription drugs than those using cocaine, hallucinogens and heroin combined.

Pat Benatar said love is a battlefield. At Frontline Fitness in Post Falls, fitness is a battlefield.

Frontline Fitness, on West Seltice, is celebrating its grand opening today. The new gym spared no cost in setting up – it has a full weight room with machines, free weights and cardio machines, as well as a full dedicated space to group fitness.

“We're trying to make this an adult playland,” owner Chanda Branson said. “We're trying to change the focus of fitness and gyms being a place where people don't want to go. We want this to be a concert-type atmosphere where people want to go.”

The gym will utilize the Les Mills line of group fitness exercises, which features new songs and routines every three months to keep classes fresh. They will also have “nine-ish” trainers on hand to help members reach their fitness goals.