With labor negotiations soon to begin, the state’s largest nurses union is publicizing a new lawsuit accusing Asante, the Rogue Valley’s largest health care organization, of wage theft.

On Friday the Oregon Nurses Association issued a press release calling attention to the lawsuit while simultaneously taking an adverserial position toward Asante, which also happens to be the largest employer in the region, while supporting its member.

Cascade Christian senior Deryk Farmer swept the top two awards — Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year — in the recently announced District 7 boys’ basketball awards.

Farmer was also named to the Class 3A All-state first team this week.

Those kinds of accolades may seem strange for a player who averaged 10 points per game, but Challengers coach Brian Morse said Farmer’s biggest impact may have been on defense.

The social services agency ACCESS is holding its annual Senior Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday at Rogue X, located at 901 Rossanley Drive in Medford.

The free event offers information, community resources, snacks, giveaways and bingo with prizes to senior citizens and their families.

Rooted in history and influenced by fairy tale, the musical “Anastasia” promises to be one grand spectacle of a show.

“It’s definitely a feast for the senses,” says Erica Bury, who is directing and choreographing the One Eleven Theatre Company’s spring musical, which opens Thursday and runs through April 4 at the Grants Pass High School Performing Arts Center.