BURBANK, Wash. — Alika Conley and his cowboys circulate through the J.R. Simplot Co. feedlot several times a day looking for cattle that are depressed or not doing well. Conley is the feedyard manager ...

Idaho regulators claim they lack jurisdiction over cattle owned by an Idaho ranch that were allegedly contaminated by a spill from a phosphate slurry pipeline. Meanwhile, the J.R. Simplot Co., which ...

GRAND VIEW, Idaho — Environmental non-profit Snake River Waterkeeper (SRW) filed a civil lawsuit against J.R. Simplot Company Tuesday for polluting the middle Snake River in violation of the Clean ...

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BOISE — The novelty or fun factor associated with the 50 antique tractors that are built into and around the JUMP facility in downtown Boise is not wearing off. The JUMP facility opened in December ...

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 ...