If Oregonians were expecting to see problems in the state's foster care system disappear overnight, they're in for a disappointment....

Gov. Kate Brown and Oregon’s child welfare agency are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit over the state’s foster care system, after...

Gov. Kate Brown and Oregon’s child welfare agency are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit over the state’s foster care system, after...

Eric Schrecengost, 37, was arrested Tuesday in Keizer, Oregon for allegedly raping and sexually abusing the girl. The Oregon Department ...

An out-of-state treatment facility that houses Oregon foster children is shutting down as it faces numerous reports of serious safety concer...

The second Dallas-based child welfare worker accused of having sex in front of a minor is no longer employed by the state, Salem Reporter ha...

A pair of Oregon child welfare workers accused of having sex in the presence of a foster child they were supposed to care for during an over...

A judge Friday sentenced a Portland woman to two years and nine months in federal prison for stealing more than $1 million from an Oregon fo...

Oregon child welfare workers will have to look for red flags before sending foster children to live with estranged parents as part of a prop...

A group of family members and supporters gathered at Pioneer Courthouse Square Saturday calling for a Wilsonville girl and her mother to be ...

Oregon lawmakers are on the verge of requiring officials at the state’s embattled child welfare agency to inform the public more quickly and...

In January 2018 the Oregon secretary of state released a scathing audit of the state Department of Human Services’ child foster care program...

Workers assigned to manage the state’s treatment of foster kids still have too much on their plates, according to an audit report released b...

A year and a half ago, state watchdogs said the system overseeing care for Oregon's foster kids was in dire need of improvement. They ...

Heavy workloads, a foster home shortage and failures to meet safety protocols within Oregon’s child welfare system continue to place childre...

Gov. Kate Brown, D-Oregon, recently answered tough questions about a story KATU broke regarding the state's child abuse hotline. ...

Oregon child welfare officials ignored eight years of warnings when they moved a 13-year-old boy with a history of abusing younger children ...

An Oregon foster child was among more than 20 teenagers injured during a riot last week at the Red Rock Canyon School in St. George, Utah. ...

A brawl last month at Red Rock Canyon School in St. George, Utah, which housed 24 Oregon foster care children, started with two young people...

The 80-year-old state library is a hulking, marble box of a building whose tall, narrow windows resemble the slots in an electrical outlet. ...