"We're looking into the financial nature. Did this expenditure violate policies and procedures? Were any other laws broken?" State Auditor Joseph Maestas said.

A group of Western New Mexico University students took to Regent Square on the Silver City campus Wednesday to say goodbye to President Joe Shepard, who resigned in the midst of ethics investigations ...

A state judge ruled Monday against the state attorney general's request to place Western New Mexico University President Joe ...

As he prepares to step down amid ethics investigations, Western New Mexico University President Joe Shepard told the campus community on Friday that he’ll fight litigation the state attorney ...

Shepard, who is set to step down on Jan. 15 ... The meeting's cancelation capped the tenure of the WNMU board, which had allegedly approved more than what State Auditor Joe Maestas said was $360,000 ...

Instead, Shepard batted away such allegations and maintained that he and the board have not done anything without keeping the well-being of WNMU students in mind. “A lie is halfway around the ...

The turmoil follows the announced resignation of Joseph Shepard as university president after an investigation ... streets and caused the deaths of at least two people. President Joe Biden on Nov. 1 ...

The board consists of Hotvedt; former Cabinet secretary Daniel H. Lopez; private attorney Dal Moellenberg; WNMU student Trent Jones; and nonprofit executive Lyndon Haviland, who already announced ...

Lopez; private attorney Dal Moellenberg; and WNMU student Trent Jones ... statement disputing the November findings from State Auditor Joe Maestas that alleged board members, Shepard, and his wife, ex ...

It will be a happy new year for Joseph Shepard, the outgoing president of Western New Mexico University (WNMU), who is scheduled to receive a $1.9 million lump-sum payment on January 15 as part of ...

Western New Mexico University Board of Regents Chair Mary Hotvedt gets a hug from Magdaleno Manzanarez, WNMU vice president for external affairs, after a special meeting of the regents in which they ...

The meeting was set up in direct response to the board’s recent severance agreement with former WNMU president Joseph Shepard. A draft of the measure ... Source New Mexico President Joe Biden issued ...