The New Mexico Department of Justice filed an effort Thursday to block outgoing university President Joseph Shepard from ...
Learning that Western New Mexico University processed the $1.9 million severance payment to departing President Joseph ...
Mounting scrutiny over a multimillion-dollar exit package for an outgoing president prompted the regents to resign.
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez is seeking to stop outgoing Western New Mexico University President Joseph Shepard ...
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 ...
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.
The president, who led the university for 13 years and faced criticism for his spending, received an exit package that will ...
The case also has the attention of New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez, who on Monday filed an emergency motion in state ...