AG Torrez concerned over WNMU president buyout

SILVER CITY, N.M. (KRQE) –New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez says he is concerned about the buyout the outgoing president of a New Mexico university is getting. On Friday, Western New Mexico University President Dr. Joseph Shepard announced in a Board of Regents meeting he would be stepping down in mid-January. Western New Mexico University under scrutiny for spendingThe move comes as the school has faced controversy for spending more than $200,000 on travel and lodging from July