ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s top prosecutor is suing Western New Mexico University’s regents and outgoing president ...

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"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.

Faculty at Western New Mexico University are seething and lawmakers want all members of the Board of Regents to resign after they handed President Joseph Shepard a $1.9 million exit package when his ...

Two members of Western New Mexico University’s board of regents resigned last week amid state scrutiny of spending by the public institution’s leaders, including Western New Mexico President ...

Michelle Lujan Grisham has asked for the immediate resignation of regents at Western New Mexico State University after revelations of wasteful spending and failures in financial oversight ...

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, ...

Western New Mexico University’s former president, Joseph Shepard, walks away with a staggering $2 million severance after his resignation amid accusations of reckless spending. A state audit ...

SILVER CITY, N.M. (KRQE) — New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed an emergency motion in court on Monday to stop Western New Mexico University (WNMU) from paying a nearly $2 million ...

SILVER CITY, N.M. — On Monday, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed an emergency motion in an effort to stop Western New Mexico University from paying its former president, Dr. Joseph ...

SILVER CITY, N.M. — New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed a motion to halt a $1.9 million buyout for the departing president of Western New Mexico University. Joseph Shepard stepped ...