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

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 ...

One firefighter was injured Thursday morning when crews responded to an equipment fire at J.R. Simplot Co. at 3630 Gateway Drive. Five fire engines remained on the scene late Thursday morning as crews ...

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 ...

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, 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 ...