"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.

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 ...

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 ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico’s top prosecutor is suing Western New Mexico University's regents and outgoing president to try to undo a lucrative severance package that included a nearly $2 million ...

The New Mexico Attorney General is taking aim at Western New Mexico University and sending the message that rewarding the former president’s questionable behavior, will not be tolerated. On Thursday, ...

In a four-month stretch earlier this year, staff at New Mexico’s largest juvenile jail conducted more ... Raised in the Southwest, he graduated from Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School ...

Someone needs to interfere at Western New Mexico University. A year ago, Searchlight New Mexico documented excessive and questionable spending by WNMU President Joseph Shepard, including global ...

In southern Mexico, a city dazzles with a celebration of its rich culture and history through a radish-carving competition, a cherished tradition upheld by generations of families. The winning ...

New Mexico prosecutors won’t pursue an appeal ... Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie, the Santa Fe district attorney’s office announced Monday ...

At (Photo by HANDOUT / Proteccion Civil Jalisco / AFP) At least seven people died when a light aircraft crashed Sunday in a heavily forested area of Jalisco in western Mexico, local authorities ...

SILVER CITY, N.M. (AP) — Western New Mexico University's president, who has faced scrutiny over his spending on overseas trips and his wife's use of a university credit card, resigned Friday as ...