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.

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October 6, 2025 4 mins
The El Paso County Commissioner’s Court narrowly voted to send a letter to the Texas Department of Transportation in opposition of the proposed plan for widening Interstate 10 at Downtown.
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In this edition of the news week in review, KTEP’s Angela Kocherga and Aaron Montes discuss an ongoing federal lawsuit over a new Congressional map approved by the Texas legislature this year.
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October 2, 2025 3 mins
DACA recipient Catalina Xochitl Santiago is free after nearly 60 days in ICE custody. A panel of federal judges in El Paso heard the second day of arguments on a lawsuit seeking to block Texas' new congressional map from being used in the 2026 midterm election.
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October 1, 2025 3 mins
A lawsuit alleging Texas has violated the rights of Black and Latino voters with a new Congressional map began today in an El Paso federal courtroom.
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September 30, 2025 5 mins
El Paso Congresswoman Veronica Escobar said she is not confident the federal government will avoid a shutdown tonight. A major test of Texas’ new controversial congressional map begins this week in El Paso.
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September 29, 2025 4 mins
About one-hundred mourners gathered at Eastwood Park over the weekend for a candlelight vigil for Xavier Hernandez, a man who died after an arrest by El Paso police on Interstate 10 in July.
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September 25, 2025 4 mins
The El Paso Police Department says two victims of a shooting near the police headquarters have died. And, so has a suspected shooter, according to a news release from police.
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September 24, 2025 5 mins
The fatal shooting at the Dallas ICE field office is at least the third act of immigration enforcement-related violence in Texas this year. Another death is under investigation at the county jail downtown.
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September 23, 2025 4 mins
A federal judge extended a temporary restraining order keeping DACA recipient Catalina “Xohcitl” Santiago in El Paso, amid her petitions to be released from federal custody.
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September 22, 2025 4 mins
A federal judge will consider DACA recipient Catalina Xochitl Santiago’s request to be released from Immigration Customs and Enforcement custody on Tuesday. Drivers using Pellicano Drive can expect to see construction along the major roadway again.
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September 18, 2025 4 mins
Evaluations for the city manager and city attorney are in and the City Council gave both of the top employees at City Hall favorable assessments. The Legal Defense Fund and other nonprofit civil rights organizations filed a legal brief this week in opposition to the state's new congressional maps.
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September 16, 2025 4 mins
Back to back sold out shows for Coldplay generated an estimated $34.7 million dollars in economic activity, according to a report released by Destination El Paso. A New York-based real estate and economic development firm says the proposed Downtown deck plaza could generate $1 billion dollars in economic activity.
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September 15, 2025 3 mins
The El Paso County Commissioners Court will approved a settlement agreement over a wrongful termination lawsuit brought by assistant district attorney John Briggs today.
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September 14, 2025 5 mins
Properties along Yandell Drive at Downtown would be demolished to make way for the Texas Department of Transportation’s proposed widening of Interstate 10. That’s according to the agency’s preferred plan for a $1.3 billion dollar highway project.
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September 11, 2025 3 mins
The mother of a man who died after being handcuffed and held face down on the ground is calling on witnesses to come forward. It happened in July when police were called to Interstate 10.
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September 10, 2025 3 mins
El Paso police arrested two people for allegedly keeping 25 dogs on their property without adequate access to food or medical care. According to court records, at least one of the dogs has died.
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September 9, 2025 4 mins
The El Paso District Attorney’s office says a grand jury will review police conduct during a high profile arrest that ended with the death of a man. An immigration judge has terminated deportation proceedings for Catalina Xochitl Santiago, a DACA recipient in federal custody.
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September 8, 2025 5 mins
A man in his 80s is hospitalized with a severe form of Neuroinvasive West Nile Virus, according to the city of El Paso’s Department of Public Health. About 3,000 soldiers from Fort Bliss are back from a nine-month deployment to Europe.
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September 4, 2025 5 mins
The El Paso City Council voted unanimously in favor of an agreement that encourages shared information and planned development between El Paso and Sunland Park.
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September 3, 2025 5 mins
The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas is allowing the District Attorney’s Office to reindict a man who faced capital murder charges. As KTEP’s Aaron Montes reports, the case was dismissed by a district court judge in 2021, that was when Yvonne Rosales was District Attorney.
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