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 – An iconic Boise home will soon be no more. The Simplot family announced today that the mansion of potato magnate J.R. Simplot will be torn down. Simplot died in 2008. The house along Bogus ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The Simplot family’s hilltop mansion that briefly served as the residence of the Idaho governor, will soon be demolished, a spokesman said Monday. Work to remove the ...

Idaho's capital will be the setting for a memorial to honor business icon J.R. Simplot, who died at the age of 99 in 2008. The $70 million project in downtown Boise will include nearly six acres of ...

Something’s been missing from Boise’s skyline for the past couple of weeks – something big, bright and patriotic. It’s the giant American flag that long has flown over the hilltop home of the late J.R ...

After years of lying largely dormant, plans are in place to have Boise’s Simplot Hill undergo a more than decadelong makeover that will bring a feature-rich, publicly accessible park to the north ...

J.R. Simplot continues to make a mark on Boise, even seven years after the billionaire potato producer's death. Two big projects are under construction downtown: a new headquarters for the company ...

CALDWELL --Simplot families across southwest Idaho are responding to some shocking news on Wednesday. On Wednesday a thousand Simplot workers in Caldwell, Nampa and Aberdeen were notified those plants ...