Applegate Valley

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Latest Applegate Valley News

Ruch church fire not suspicious, official says - 5/15/2013
Fire investigators have not determined what caused a blaze Monday evening that damaged a workshop on the grounds of the Applegate Christian...
Smoke jumpers plant landing in pot 'starter kits' - 5/10/2013
A team of smoke jumpers fighting fires in the Applegate unknowingly dropped into a 1,500-plant marijuana garden this week, sheriff's officials said.
Eye to future returns vineyard to roots - 4/25/2013
RUCH — There was a bit of mental foot dragging, but in the end Mark Wisnovsky did what he had to do.
Blaze rips through Ruch home - 4/20/2013
RUCH — When he first heard his smoke detector go off just before midnight Thursday, homeowner Gregory Snow was irritated.
Copper thieves cut phone, Internet service to Ruch - 3/21/2013
CenturyLink customers in Ruch outside of Jacksonville lost phone and internet services Wednesday, apparently because of copper thieves, according to...
Crews coordinate to rescue injured logger - 3/1/2013
It took two helicopters and a lot of on-the-ground coordination to rescue an injured logger who suffered a serious back injury Thursday after a...
Drugs, weapons seized in raid on Williams site - 2/27/2013
WILLIAMS — A two-county investigation into money laundering and marijuana distribution has ended in the seizure of 161 pounds of marijuana,...
Local Business - 2/1/2013
Wine Business Monthly has named Applegate Valley's Troon Vineyard one of the "Top 10 Hot Brands" in the country.
Injuries minor in car-school bus crash - 12/18/2012
APPLEGATE — Two elementary schoolchildren were transported to Three Rivers Medical Center in Grants Pass with minor injuries after a head-on...

About Applegate Valley

Ruch is the hub of this rural area, but the little community of Applegate also has a strong identity of its own. The area is unincorporated, but rife with community groups. Ruch is named after Fredolin �Fritz� Ruch, who settled in the area in about 1870. Although he and his wife each committed suicide in 1875, children remained in the area with foster families and their youngest son, Casper, eventually established a store and post office in the area in 1897. Applegate, a community along the river of the same name, has a school that is part of the Three Rivers School District and a Jackson County library branch. The river and surrounding region takes its name from prominent Oregon pioneers Jesse, Lindsay and Charles Applegate. Lindsay and Jesse explored Southern Oregon in 1846 and Lindsay returned in 1848 enroute to mines in California and prospected in the river, which was then named in his honor. A post office with the Applegate name was established in 1858.

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