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 ...

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

Keith Lund presented the award before an audience of several hundred people, including regional business leaders, elected ...

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 ...

National Corn Growers Association President Jed Bower says actions by Mosaic Company and J.R. Simplot have driven up ...

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 ...

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 ...

J.R. "Jack" Simplot, 99, who launched an agribusiness empire that supplied french fries to the McDonald's fast-food chain and then used his billion-dollar fortune to invest in computer chips, died May ...

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 ...