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

Raúl Torrez called the payment to Joseph Shepard “an egregious misuse of public funds and a betrayal of the Board's ...

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez has filed a court motion to block a $1.9 million severance payment to former WNMU ...

Shepard and the regents have been under the microscope for more than a year after a 2023 Searchlight New Mexico investigation ...

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 ...

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

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

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed a motion to block a $1.9 million buyout for the departing president of Western ...

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

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez on Monday filed an emergency motion in court to stop Western New Mexico University ...

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham finally got tough with a band of inept, free-spending university administrators she appointed. Even so, one will remain in power for at least a few more weeks. Lujan ...

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