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 ...

The former home of the late J.R. Simplot will soon be gone. [image-1]A Jan. 4 announcement from Simplot's heirs said work already begun to tear down the home and the the destruction would be "complete ...

Agribusiness retail company Simplot Grower Solutions, an arm of the J.R. Simplot Company, is hosting an open house on Friday to celebrate eight decades of selling essential and exclusive farming ...

A ranching couple has accused Idaho regulators of colluding to shield the J.R. Simplot agribusiness company from the consequences of a spill from a phosphate slurry pipeline. Lynn and Glenna Rasmussen ...