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

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

Western New Mexico University has processed a $1.9 million payment to embattled outgoing President Joseph Shepard amid the state's effort to block the buyout, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez ...

The New Mexico Attorney General is taking aim at Western New Mexico University and sending the message that rewarding the ...

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

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

Raúl Torrez also filed a complaint seeking to end Joseph Shepard's separation agreement, which the lawsuit calls an ...

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 ...

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

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

"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.

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