Some people near the Simplot facility in Ontario may receive a simulated emergency alert today as part of a public notification exercise.

PORTLAND — Farm entrepreneur Frank Tiegs has prevailed over the J.R. Simplot Co. in an auction to buy the bankrupt NORPAC cooperative’s processing plant in Quincy, Wash., for up to $107 million. The ...

The Oregon Potato Co. claims information from a “whistleblower” at the NORPAC cooperative was the “last straw” that sank its deal to buy most of the bankrupt processor’s assets. A top executive at ...

Americans may soon be eating high-tech potatoes, after a genetically engineered (GE) spud that makers say resists bruising and reduces a possible carcinogen was approved by the US Department of ...