If you have Long Covid and your blood pressure suddenly spikes, or you have an intense wave of nausea, those symptoms may be a the result of stress or trauma.

A chaotic scene played out over several hours Tuesday afternoon and evening during a lengthy anti-ICE protest at the Eugene Federal Building.

A chaotic scene played out over several hours Tuesday during an anti-ICE protest at the Eugene Federal Building.

INTRO: Federal officials have been looking into commercial-grade ammonia leaks at the Hanford [nuclear cleanup site in southeast Washington]. N-W-P-B’s Senior Correspondent Anna King has more.

INTRO: Federal officials have been looking into commercial-grade ammonia leaks at the Hanford [nuclear cleanup site in southeast Washington]. N-W-P-B’s Senior Correspondent Anna King has more.

At least one woman was injured in Eugene Tuesday after federal law enforcement responded to an anti-ICE protest. KLCC’s Nathan Wilk reports. [SOQ 1:01]

A new study of cannabis users in Washington state is shedding light on a wider range of health problems for SOME users than previously documented.

KUOW’s Noel Gasca has more.

Next week [[FEB 2.]] the Bend Downtown Library is set to reduce services before it closes altoge ther for renovations. As Kathryn Styer Martínez, this is causing people and non-profits to search for alternatives.

Oregon’s population barely ticked up last year according to U.S. Census estimates released today/yesterday [[Tuesday]]. The country as a whole had one of the slowest growth rates on record. Kyra [[KYE ruh]] Buckley reports.

A note to listeners: The following story discusses child abuse and death.

Unnecessarily removing a child from their home … is harmful.

And historically, child welfare workers were much more likely to take Black and Native American children away from their birth parents … than other kids.

So, over the last several years, Washington state made policy changes to keep more birth families together.

But, now, critics say those changes have gone too far and made children less safe … and they should be reversed.

KUOW’s Eilís [eye-LEASH] O’Neill reports…