After years of oppressive British policies which stifled commerce in Narragansett Bay and surrounding communities, the Colony of R.I. and Providence Plantations renounced allegiance to the Crown on ...

Bensley Joseph’s 14 points helped Providence defeat Georgetown 78-68 on Saturday. Joseph added six rebounds for the Friars ...

Several correctional officers were checked for exposure to smoke or chemicals at the hospital and were released, officials ...

Lions safety Kerby Joseph, who leads the NFL with nine interceptions, was not one of the three safeties picked for the NFC Pro Bowl roster, the Free Press learned Wednesday night. Joseph finished ...

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez is taking outgoing Western New Mexico University President Joseph Shepard and all five members of the Board of Regents to court over a $1.9 million buyout ...

In November 2024, state auditors released a bombshell report revealing questionable spending of $360,000 in university money under former WNMU president Dr. Joseph Shepard over a five-year period.

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez has filed a court motion to block a $1.9 million severance payment to former WNMU President Joseph Shepard. The motion claims the payment is a misuse of ...

Joseph Shepard, departing president of Western New Mexico University, is $1.9 million richer, and he aims to keep it that way. The seven-figure buyout in return for Shepard’s forthcoming ...

SILVER CITY, N.M. (AP) — More members of the embattled board of regents at Western New Mexico University have resigned, a confirmation that came Tuesday during roll call at a meeting scheduled ...

Faculty at Western New Mexico University are seething and lawmakers want all members of the Board of Regents to resign after they handed President Joseph Shepard a $1.9 million exit package when his ...

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 ...