New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez is seeking to stop outgoing Western New Mexico University President Joseph Shepard ...

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 resignation ...

Citing “greed, self-dealing, and arrogance,” Raúl Torrez announced a civil suit aimed at recovering the $1.9 million buyout awarded to WNMU’s outgoing president ...

Joseph Shepard is out as president of Western New Mexico University after more than 13 years on the job. The university Board of Regents unanimously voted to terminate his contract on Friday, although ...

Attorney General Raúl Torrez is bringing a revised lawsuit in hopes of voiding Shepard's deal and recovering the money.

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez says nearly $2 million was already paid out to former Western New Mexico University President Dr. Joseph Shepard despite Torrez taking action to stop those ...

Learning that Western New Mexico University processed the $1.9 million severance payment to departing President Joseph ...

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

Joseph Shepard resigned amid scrutiny over his spending of university money. The attorney general called his severance ...

Western New Mexico University (WNMU) has sparked controversy after paying outgoing president Joseph Shepard a $1.9 million ...

Joseph Shepard is out as president of Western New Mexico University after more than 13 years on the job. The university Board of Regents unanimously voted to terminate his contract on Friday, although ...

The case also has the attention of New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez, who on Monday filed an emergency motion in state ...