Long before Micron Technology was one of the hottest commodities in the artificial-intelligence trade, it received $1 million from a potato tycoon named J.R. Simplot. Simplot, who died in 2008, ...

The Klaus Thiessen Award has been in existence since 2014, but it had never gone to an agribusiness — until this year. Grand Forks Region Economic Development Corp. President and CEO Keith Lund, left, ...

EAST GRAND FORKS — Property purchased by the city of East Grand Forks in a land exchange with the J.R. Simplot Company is already receiving interest from several different developers. There are eight ...

Nvidia dominates the AI chip market with an 85% share. Competitors like AMD and Broadcom are increasing their presence in the AI chip market. Meta uses custom chips, potentially reducing future demand ...

Another meet, another school record for Laramie indoor track and field. Sophia Gonzales finished second in the girls 3200-meter run prelims in a school-record 11 minutes, 1.08 seconds as the Simplot ...

Two longtime employees of J.R. Simplot Co. took on the Boise-based potato giant over its COVID-19 vaccine policy. But they didn’t get the outcome they were seeking. Howard Skidmore and Sarah Dance had ...

Amazon announced a new product Tuesday called “AI Factories” that allows big corporations and governments to run its AI systems in their own data centers. Or as AWS puts it: Customers supply the power ...

Warehouse automation company Symbotic‘s (SYM) stock has has more than doubled over the last year, greatly surpassing competitors GGG and GHM as of November 25, 2025. They spiked by close to 40% on ...

EAST GRAND FORKS – After decades of trying to obtain a parcel of land owned by the J.R. Simplot Company, current and former East Grand Forks city officials alike are hopeful that the land exchange ...

This December the public will have an opportunity to provide their thoughts to county Planning and Zoning officials regarding a proposed Simplot retail facility along the Lewisville Highway near ...