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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Court filings reveal a history of safety concerns at a Pierce County home where five people were killed on Tuesday. 4 killed after protection order violation near Gig Harbor, suspect shot dead by ...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- After a day-long union meeting, employees of J.R. Simplot went on strike, picketing outside the potato processing plant in Grand Forks about 6 p.m. Monday. The strike came shortly ...

GRAND FORKS — Crews from the Grand Forks Fire Department responded to a propane tank fire on Saturday morning, Jan. 8. Shortly after 9 a.m crews were dispatched to the J.R. Simplot facility, where ...

GRAND VIEW, Idaho — Environmental non-profit Snake River Waterkeeper (SRW) filed a civil lawsuit against J.R. Simplot Company Tuesday for polluting the middle Snake River in violation of the Clean ...

An anhydrous ammonia leak at the J.R. Simplot plant in Grand Forks triggered an evacuation Thursday afternoon. Though initial reports indicated a major leak, fire Battalion Chief Rick Coulter said it ...