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 -- After much consideration and public input, the State is giving the Governor's mansion back to the Simplot family. At a hearing in October, Idahoans voiced their thoughts on the vacant ...

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 ...

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 ...

BOISE – Idaho aims to return the hilltop mansion to the Simplot family by June 30 in a tentative agreement over the would-be governor’s residence-turned-money pit that remained vacant even as ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho aims to return the hilltop mansion to the Simplot family by June 30 in a tentative agreement over the would-be governor’s residence-turned-money pit that remained vacant even ...

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 ...

It's the gift that keeps on taking. The water-guzzling, electricity-devouring hilltop mansion donated by french fry mogul J.R. Simplot in 2004 to be used as Idaho's governor's mansion remains vacant ...

The former home of the late J.R. Simplot will soon be gone. [image-1]A Jan. 4 announcement from Simplot's heirs said work already begun to tear down the home and the the destruction would be "complete ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Simplot family has announced that the hilltop mansion — offered as Idaho's governor's residence — will soon be demolished. J.R. Simplot spokesman Ken Dey, speaking on behalf of ...