BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved a potato genetically engineered to resist the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine and that still damages crops.
KETCHUM, Idaho (AP) — A hydroelectric entity that generates power at a leaking reservoir in south-central Idaho has filed a lawsuit against a canal company seeking to force the canal company to drop the reservoir's level so the dam can be repaired...
Simplot families across southwest Idaho are responding to some shocking news. Workers in Caldwell, Nampa and Aberdeen have been notified those plants are set to close in two to three years. Simplot Company gave news to hundreds of plant workers yesterday, many of which never saw it coming...
The Cassia County Sheriff’s Dept. says it has a suspect in the October 22 fire that destroyed much of the former Simplot potato processing plant in Burley.
(AP) Investigators are suspecting arson as the cause of a fire that destroyed about half of an old potato processing plant in Burley. Cassia County Sheriff Randy Kidd says investigators are interviewing suspects related to a blaze that started late Friday night at the building now owned by High Desert Milk...
UPDATE: Officials are not releasing much information about a small plane that crashed at the Jack Simplot Burley Airport early Sunday afternoon. Reports indicate that four people died in the crash. No more details are being released at this time...