The New Mexico Attorney General is taking aim at Western New Mexico University and sending the message that rewarding the ...

Raúl Torrez also filed a complaint seeking to end Joseph Shepard's separation agreement, which the lawsuit calls an ...

Western New Mexico University (WNMU) has sparked controversy after paying outgoing president Joseph Shepard a $1.9 million ...

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez is seeking to stop outgoing Western New Mexico University President Joseph Shepard ...

"We reached out to his attorney and asked him to voluntarily submit that payment to the court — he refused to do that," NM Attorney General Raúl Torrez said.

The president, who led the university for 13 years and faced criticism for his spending, received an exit package that will ...

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez says nearly $2 million was already paid out to former Western New Mexico University President Dr. Joseph Shepard despite Torrez taking action to stop those ...

Mounting scrutiny over a multimillion-dollar exit package for an outgoing president prompted the regents to resign.

Learning that Western New Mexico University processed the $1.9 million severance payment to departing President Joseph ...

Since 2011, Dr. Joseph Shepard has been the president of WNMU. This past year, he has been questioned for using university ...

The Western New Mexico University Board of Regents is out amid a controversial $1.9 million payout they approved for the ...

SILVER CITY, N.M. (AP) — More members of the embattled board of regents at Western New Mexico University have resigned, a ...