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 ...

For one weekend each February, Pocatello becomes more than just a city in Idaho. It becomes a national epicenter of high school track and field.

Simplot Corporate Headquarters, 1099 W. Front St. in Boise. Pictured on Jan. 13, 2026. (Sarah A. Miller/smiller@idahostatesman.com) Two longtime employees of J.R. Simplot Co. took on the Boise-based ...

Athletes from all across the country met at Idaho State University last weekend for the Simplot Games indoor track meet, the ...

Weber High star hurdler Josh Hamblin has another accolade to his name after a weekend in Pocatello, Idaho. Hamblin set the Simplot Games meet record in the 60-meter boys hurdles in Saturday’s finals, ...

The Simplot Games are the pinnacle athletic event in Pocatello every year, with athletes coming from around the world to compete. The athletes train for months for their several moments racing under ...

POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI)– Employees of the Simplot Don Plant took to their two-mile stretch of adopted Highway 30 on Wednesday to pick up trash in recognition of Earth Day. Simplot adopted the stretch ...

There is the romantic side of the Tara-Davis Woodhall and Hunter Woodhall story, the side that connects Pocatello and the ...

The 46th annual Simplot Games are set to take place this week, turning the community into its own Olympic Games environment.

BOISE, Idaho -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved Idaho-based J.R. Simplot Co.'s new genetically modified potato. But one of the company's oldest business partners -- McDonald's -- ...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- After a day-long union meeting, employees of J.R. Simplot went on strike, picketing outside the potato processing plant in Grand Forks about 6 p.m. Monday. The strike came shortly ...