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 is seeking to stop outgoing Western New Mexico University President Joseph Shepard ...

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.

Six Detroit Lions have been named to the All-Pro teams by the Associated Press, including Kerby Joseph, who was notably ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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, although ...