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 ...

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 ...

OPINION: By addressing the failures at WNMU and enacting systemic reforms, we can ensure that public universities remain focused on their true purpose: education, not enrichment.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — 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 ...

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 ...

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

As he prepares to step down amid ethics investigations, Western New Mexico University President Joe Shepard told the campus ...

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.

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

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