The J.R. Simplot Company received the 2026 Klaus Thiessen Impact Award at the annual meeting of the Grand Forks Region Economic Development Corporation on Thursday, March 26, at ...

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 ...

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

To settle a lawsuit brought by Idaho ranchers, the J.R. Simplot agribusiness company has taken ownership of cattle allegedly harmed by a phosphate pipeline rupture. At the request of the parties ...

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 ...

The Ronald McDonald House has served families for years as a home away from home when their children have needed longer term care in area hospitals. You can help with the J.R. Simplot Memorial golf ...

EAST GRAND FORKS – The East Grand Forks Planning and Zoning Commission found a recent land trade between the city and the J.R. Simplot Company is in compliance with the city’s 2050 Land Use Plan, ...

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 ...