A multimillion-dollar severance package for a controversial New Mexico higher ed president has ignited outrage amongst the state’s top elected officials. Now, a New Mexico lawmaker said it’s time for ...

A judge shot down a motion to put a temporary hold on a nearly $2 million payment to former WNMU President Dr. Joseph Shepard ...

SILVER CITY, N.M. (AP) — More members of the embattled board of regents at Western New Mexico University have resigned, a confirmation that came Tuesday during roll call at a meeting scheduled to ...

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, according ...

Raúl Torrez also filed a complaint seeking to end Joseph Shepard's separation agreement, which the lawsuit calls an ...

The New Mexico state auditor's office has launched a special investigation into WNMU over a deal with its outgoing president ...

A group of Western New Mexico University students took to Regent Square on the Silver City campus Wednesday to say goodbye to ...

The judge said he needs more information before he can decide if the embattled outgoing university president should keep the ...

"We're looking into the financial nature. Did this expenditure violate policies and procedures? Were any other laws broken?" State Auditor Joseph Maestas said.

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

Western New Mexico University is facing even more scrutiny over a nearly $2 million payout to its outgoing president. It ...

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 ...