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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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 filed a motion to block a $1.9 million buyout for the departing president of Western ...

More members of the embattled board of regents at Western New Mexico University have resigned. Their departures were ...

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