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 ...

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez aims to block Western New Mexico University's embattled outgoing president from spending a $1.9 million buyout and is asking a state court to toss his ...

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

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 ...

"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.

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

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

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

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 ...