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 ...

NAMPA, Idaho — No one was hurt when a massive fire broke out Wednesday morning at a Simplot building in Nampa. The fire started at about 9:50 a.m. at the site on Middleton Road, off of I-84. Nampa ...

NAMPA — A three-alarm fire caused “a decent amount of damage” to the interior and exterior of a decommissioned J.R. Simplot building on Wednesday morning. The fire, which was located at 3704 N ...

NAMPA — A three-alarm fire caused "a decent amount of damage" to the interior and exterior of a decommissioned J.R. Simplot building on Wednesday morning. The fire, which was located at 3704 N ...

BOISE, Idaho — One of the latest additions to Boise's parks, and one of the most popular, is Esther Simplot Park, named after the widow of the famous Idaho potato magnate. Almost 50 years ago, ...

Nampa Fire on Wednesday responded to a blaze at the J.R. Simplot facility on Middleton Road in Nampa. One person, a firefighter, sustained minor injuries, a spokesperson said. Sarah A. Miller ...