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 ...

Despite arguments that the deal is too weak, an environmental settlement between the federal government and the J.R. Simplot agribusiness company has won approval in federal court. “After careful ...

Jul. 23—MOSES LAKE — The word went out from coaches and advisors — the JR Simplot company was stepping up to help out the Moses Lake School District extracurricular program with a $50,000 donation.

BOISE Idaho Area McDonald's units here reportedly gave away French fries on Monday to honor the memory of J.R. Simplot, whose company developed the frozen fry. Simplot died last week at age 99. The ...

POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI)– The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) awarded JR Simplot Company the 'Adopt-A-Highway Group of the Year Award for Southeast Idaho' on Friday, in recognition of the company ...

The J.R. Simplot Co. plans to acquire the operating business of Clarebout Potatoes, a Belgium-based processor. The planned acquisition brings together two market leaders in frozen potato products ...

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 ...

A local company is celebrating an anniversary. Simplot is celebrating 80 years at the Don Plant. J.R. Simplot Company began operations at its first phosphate fertilizer production facility on December ...

Nance Beston, Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wash. 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 ...