This story was updated Tuesday, April 1, to add two paragraphs of comment from the city of Boise. Change may be coming soon to Simplot Hill, the site just off Bogus Basin Road where the mansion ...

It was 1979 when potato king J.R. Simplot built a 7,370-square-foot, Mediterranean-style mansion atop a prominent hill in the Boise Highlands. Although the mansion has since been demolished, Simplot’s ...

BOISE Idaho J.R. “Jack” Simplot, the founder of restaurant-industry supplier J.R. Simplot Co. and a key figure in the early growth of quick-service chains like McDonald’s, died peacefully at his home ...

Oct. 7—MOSES LAKE — The Association of Washington Business stopped at the J.R. Simplot factory in Moses Lake on Friday, during day three of their eighth-annual Manufacturing Week bus tour. "We're out ...

J.R. Simplot celebrated their 80 th anniversary earlier today. J.R Simplot began fertilization operations on December 10 th, 1944. This anniversary is to celebrate the growth of the company and those ...

One firefighter was injured Thursday morning when crews responded to an equipment fire at J.R. Simplot Co. at 3630 Gateway Drive. Five fire engines remained on the scene late Thursday morning as crews ...

POCATELLO — The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality is holding an informational meeting and a formal public hearing this week for local residents to provide feedback on a J.R. Simplot project ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Billionaire J.R. Simplot, the spud king of America whose wealth also helped create one of the world's biggest computer chip makers, died Sunday at his Boise home. He was 99. Ada ...

AMERICAN FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - American Falls J R Simplot Elementary School has been awarded the prestigious STEM School Designation by the Idaho STEM Action Center. The school was presented with a ...

POCATELLO — The Idaho Transportation Department awarded the Adopt-A-Highway Group of the Year Award for Southeast Idaho to J. R. Simplot Company and employees on Friday morning during the board ...

A Grand Forks fire marshal ruled the fire that ignited Saturday at J.R. Simplot Co. in northern Grand Forks was accidental, according to the Grand Forks Fire Department. Grand Forks Fire Marshal Brian ...