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TILLAMOOK, Ore. — Authorities say a 22-year-old Tillamook County woman on her way home from her boyfriend’s house has died after her car went into the Nestucca River. The sheriff’s office says divers found the car upside down in the river 25 to 30 feet from the bank.

GRANTS PASS — The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Monday in a case that affects logging road construction and how water runoff is handled. Currently the runoff is considered to be like water running off a farm field.

WASHINGTON — David Letterman’s “stupid human tricks” and Top 10 lists vaulted into the ranks of cultural acclaim Sunday night as the late-night comedian received this year’s Kennedy Center Honors with rock band Led Zeppelin, an actor, a ballerina and a bluesman.

William Blake saw the world in a grain of sand. Half a dozen visiting Buddhist monks on Sunday used sand and art to highlight the world’s impermanence and our resulting need for compassion in a ceremony attended by hundreds of people at the Eugene Public Library.

The Eugene Airport is delaying its effort to build a fancy new entry sign, brought down to earth by the high bids submitted by contractors.

Residents donated 52,200 pounds of non-perishable food items that they left by their mailboxes for letter carriers to pick up on Saturday, FOOD for Lane County spokeswoman Dawn Marie Woodward said. The two-day Letter Carriers’ Food Drive drive concludes this coming Saturday.

SPRINGFIELD — A 25-year old Springfield man has been charged with first-degree assault after allegedly stabbing his brother outside an apartment complex Saturday night, Springfield police said. Police responded at 7:48 p.m. to a report of a stabbing at 4885 A St.

GLENWOOD — A 150-unit apartment complex for low-income residents proposed for Glenwood may proceed, but at a different location than announced earlier this year.

Rain-induced landslides in Douglas and Coos counties have resulted in limited closure of a pair of state highways.

BLUE RIVER — The littlest kids at McKenzie Elementary School hit the lunch room first, kindergartners who go for the chicken nuggets, the carrots, the Jello fruit salad and, for an adventurous few, the Asian cabbage salad made right there in the school kitchen.