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 ...

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 ...

The Klaus Thiessen Award has been in existence since 2014, but it had never gone to an agribusiness — until this year.

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

AMERICAN FALLS — 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 $10,000 check ...