As he prepares to step down amid ethics investigations, Western New Mexico University President Joe Shepard told the campus ...

"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.

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

New Mexico's top prosecutor is suing Western New Mexico University's regents and outgoing president to try to undo a lucrative severance package that included a nearly $2 million payout approved in ...

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

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 ...

I understand that the court disagrees with me and I respect the court's decision. There is absolutely no evidence that any of that ammunition is related to the incident involving MS Hutchins.

On Friday, Western New Mexico University President Dr. Joseph Shepard announced in a Board of Regents meeting he would be stepping down in mid-January. The move comes as the school has faced ...

SILVER CITY, N.M. (AP) — Western New Mexico University's president, who has faced scrutiny over his spending on overseas trips and his wife's use of a university credit card, resigned Friday as ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Share SILVER CITY, N.M. (AP) — Western New Mexico University’s president, who has faced scrutiny over ...