KTEP Newscast

KTEP Newscast

Newscast from Monday through Friday from the KTEP Newsroom. Hosted by Aaron Montes with direction from Angela Kocherga, KTEP News Director.

Episodes

January 21, 2026

January 21, 2026 • 3 mins
We’re learning more about the Department of Homeland Security’s plan to expand detention space across the country. El Paso's Congresswoman Veronica Escobar says a private company received nearly $30 million from the federal government to design the new centers and the project includes another facility in El Paso.
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January 20, 2026

January 20, 2026 • 5 mins
El Paso Congresswoman Veronica Escobar said Immigration and Customs Enforcement will have a new detention facility in East El Paso County. Escobar said a private corporation received nearly $30 million dollars through a no-bid federal contract to increase detention space including another facility.
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January 19, 2025

January 19, 2026 • 4 mins
ICE is reporting another death at the massive detention camp here in El Paso. A Nicaraguan man is the third person to die in custody at the tent facility run by a private contractor.
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January 15, 2026

January 15, 2026 • 5 mins
A single vehicle roll over has brought traffic to a halt on Interstate 10 in Hudspeth County, according to the Hudspeth County Sheriff’s Office. The roll over happened near the Sierra Blanca Border Patrol checkpoint.
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January 14, 2026

January 14, 2026 • 5 mins
The Public Service Board approved El Paso Water’s new Water and Wastewater rates for 2026 today. El Paso Water says all residents living in the Northeast and portions of Central have service and adequate water pressure after a main break interrupted access over the weekend.
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January 13, 2025

January 13, 2026 • 5 mins
More than 100,000 people in the Northeast and portions of Central El Paso will remain under a boil water notice as crews work to repair a broken water main. The notice will remain in effect for at least another day though thousands of households have regained water service with adequate pressure, El Paso Water officials announced.
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January 12, 2025

January 12, 2026 • 5 mins
A break in a main water line over the weekend has impacted an estimated 100,000 El Pasoans. A 31-year-old triple-murder cold case began trial today. Arturo Ortega Garcia is charged with capital murder over the deaths of an East Side family on August 11th, 1994.
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January 8, 2025

January 8, 2026 • 6 mins
Sun Metro officials say the public transportation agency has reduced its operating budget by $5.8 million dollars for 2026 all while increasing wages for its 650 employees. El Paso Water wraps up a week of community meetings about a proposed rate hike tonight.
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January 6, 2026

January 6, 2026 • 4 mins
It’s day one of the child endangerment trial of a former school district police officer on duty during a mass shooting in Uvalde.
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January 5, 2026

January 5, 2026 • 5 mins
The El Paso County Commissioners Court voted unanimously to have county staff develop a guideline for data center development in the region.
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KTEP News In-Depth: Levi Greenberg

December 12, 2025 • 5 mins
Celebrations of the Jewish Holiday Hanukkah begin this weekend. A West El Paso Synagogue will host a public lighting of a Menorah to commemorate the holiday. KTEP’s Aaron Montes spoke with Rabbi Levi Greenberg of Chabad El Paso about Hanukkah and celebrations this weekend.
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December 1, 2025

December 1, 2025 • 4 mins
El Paso Mayor Renard Johnson cast a tie-breaking vote over a proposed settlement with the Texas Gas Service in its request to raise rates and consolidate services throughout Texas.
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November 25, 2025

November 25, 2025 • 4 mins
The rate of food insecurity in El Paso is twice that compared to the rest of Texas. Sun Metro will provide free rides on Thanksgiving.
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November 24, 2025

November 24, 2025 • 4 mins
The El Paso County Commissioners Court voted unanimously in support of a resolution criticizing Trump administration advisor Tom Homan, ahead of his December visit to the University of Texas at El Paso.
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November 20, 2025

November 20, 2025 • 2 mins
Investigators are looking into the 10th death this year inside El Paso County jails. A federal judge has issued a blistering dissent after two other judges on the same panel blocked Texas’ congressional redistricting map from taking effect next year.
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November 19, 2025

November 19, 2025 • 5 mins
The El Paso City Council removed their discussion on a newly proposed street maintenance fee from their meeting this week. Prosecutors have dropped a misdemeanor charge against former City Council representative Joe Molinar for failing to stop and report a collision.
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November 18, 2025

November 18, 2025 • 3 mins
A three judge panel in El Paso ruled Texas cannot use its new redistricted map for the upcoming midterm elections. Instead, the map will revert to the 2021 Congressional map
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November 17 2024

November 17, 2025 • 5 mins
The El Paso City Council denied the Texas Gas Service’s proposed 27 percent rate increase on users in West Texas today. The Texas Department of Transportation has approved nearly $37 million dollars in funding for pedestrian and bicycle projects in El Paso.
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November 13, 2025

November 13, 2025 • 4 mins
Former state representative Joe Pickett criticized the city of El Paso’s proposed new street maintenance fee. A circus at the El Paso County Coliseum has sparked a protest this evening. Animal advocates are calling on Carden International Circus to free Betty.
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November 12, 2025

November 12, 2025 • 4 mins
City officials celebrated the start of construction of the first industrial park on airport land since the 1970s. The groundbreaking coincided with an announcement from a Wisconsin-based electrical components manufacturer building a factory in East El Paso County.
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