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 ...

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 -- In the aftermath of a serious sledding accident near Simplot Hill, Boise city leaders are taking steps to prevent more children from sliding into the street. Just last Saturday, a boy skidded ...

After years of lying largely dormant, plans are in place to have Boise’s Simplot Hill undergo a more than decadelong makeover that will bring a feature-rich, publicly accessible park to the north ...

Does somebody have a beef with the Simplots? Or maybe they're upset at Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter? Either way, their anger, expressed in unique graffiti on the giant grassy hill of the governor's mansion ...

BOISE -- A child was seriously injured while sledding Saturday afternoon, when he collided with a car on Cartwright Road, police said. The accident happened just north of Bogus Basin Road around 3:15 ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Police in Boise say a boy sledding on the popular Simplot Hill suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries when he slid past the bottom of the long hill and into the road ...

POCATELLO, Idaho — Kalispell Glacier junior Annie Hill took first place in the 3,200-meter run Saturday at the prestigious Simplot Games indoor track and field meet at Idaho State University. Hill, ...