Western New Mexico University has processed a $1.9 million payment to embattled outgoing President Joseph Shepard amid the state's effort to block the buyout, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez ...

SILVER CITY, N.M. The UTPB women’s basketball team defeated Western New Mexico University in an 83-54 victory Sunday on the road in Lone Star Conference play. The Falcons improved to 8-5 overall ...

Since 2011, Dr. Joseph Shepard has been the president of WNMU. This past year, he has been questioned for using university money on international trips and expensive furniture. During a board ...

Torrez called the severance payout to Shepard an egregious misuse of public funds and a betrayal of the WNMU Board of Regents’ responsibility to act in the best interest of the university and ...

Torrez sought the order to prevent the university's five-member board from disbursing the severance payment before a hearing in 6th Judicial District Court and completion of a WNMU audit into ...

Joseph Shepard stepped down as president of WNMU after a state audit found he spent $316,000 of university money on lavish international trips, high-end furniture and other items over the course ...

After Shepard resigned, WNMU’s Board of Regents offered what AG Torrez is calling a “golden parachute.” The separation agreement includes a $1,909,788 buyout, five-year teaching contract ...

Newly released documents from New Mexico State University shed light on the university president’s decision to fire athletic ...

SILVER CITY, N.M. (KRQE) — New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed an emergency motion in court on Monday to stop Western New Mexico University (WNMU) from paying a nearly $2 million ...

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed an emergency temporary restraining order on Monday to halt embattled Western New Mexico University President Joe Shepard from earning $1.9 million ...