David Staats
Business Editor at Idaho Statesman
Business & local government editor at Idaho Statesman.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | David Staats
Change may be coming soon to Simplot Hill, the site just off Bogus Basin Road where the mansion belonging to the late Idaho potato and agriculture titan J.R. Simplot once stood — and where its iconic flag still waves. The Simplot Family Foundation said Monday that it plans to turn the 200-acre Boise Highlands property into a park with a hilltop viewing pavilion, a grand staircase, winding paths and “secret” ponds, a play area for children, an outdoor picnic area and water features.
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3 weeks ago |
idahostatesman.com | David Staats
Change may be coming soon to Simplot Hill, the site just off Bogus Basin Road where the mansion belonging to the late Idaho potato and agriculture titan J.R. Simplot once stood — and where its iconic flag still waves. The Simplot Family Foundation said Monday that it plans to turn the 200-acre Boise Highlands property into a park with a hilltop viewing pavilion, a grand staircase, winding paths and “secret” ponds, a play area for children, an outdoor picnic area and water features.
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1 month ago |
spokesman.com | David Staats
The making of yogurt with milk from Idaho cows is a big business, and it’s now on track to get much bigger. Chobani opened a yogurt plant in Twin Falls in 2012 that it said (and still says) is the world’s largest. Now, with demand for yogurt products rising, the company wants to make even more. So it’s expanding the plant by half, adding jobs, and providing another boost to Idaho’s dairy industry.
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1 month ago |
idahostatesman.com | David Staats
The making of yogurt with milk from Idaho cows is a big business, and it’s now on track to get much bigger. Chobani opened a yogurt plant in Twin Falls in 2012 that it said (and still says) is the world’s largest. Now it wants to make even more Greek yogurt, oat milk and coffee creamers. So it’s expanding the plant by half, adding jobs, and providing another boost to Idaho’s dairy industry.
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1 month ago |
idahostatesman.com | David Staats
An Idaho fair-housing nonprofit has joined three similar organizations in other states to sue the Trump administration over its termination of fair-housing grants the organizations depend on. The Intermountain Fair Housing Council in Boise, which serves the entire state, joined Thursday with counterparts that serve Massachusetts, South Texas and Ohio to sue the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and President Donald Trump’s Department of Governmental Efficiency, or DOGE.
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