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 19, 2026

February 19, 2026 • 5 mins
Forecasters with the National Weather Service say to expect winds to pick up Friday morning. The El Paso City Council postponed a vote on a proposal worth just over $584,000 dollars toward the design of a Downtown Deck Plaza over Interstate 10.
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January 18, 2026

February 18, 2026 • 5 mins
The National Weather Service has issued a high wind warning for West Texas including El Paso and Southern New Mexico. Gusts up to 55 miles-per-hour are expected to return today, as is blowing dust.
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January 17, 2026

February 17, 2026 • 5 mins
Strong winds brought down trees, disrupted power service and closed the landfill early today. There is also intrigue statewide after Republican state lawmakers redrew districts last year to try to flip the Democratic-held seats.
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January 16, 2026

February 16, 2026 • 5 mins
The El Paso City Council voted to have the attorney’s office call for a rehearing over a proposed rate increase from the Texas Gas Service. Also, the Public Utility Commission of Texas sided favorably with the city over a proposed additional charge to El Paso Electric Customers.
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February 12, 2026

February 12, 2026 • 4 mins
Concerns about a new detention center in far East El Paso are growing. Voting rights advocates are warning, President Trump could try to take over the 2026 midterm elections.
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February 11, 2026

February 11, 2026 • 6 mins
The Federal Aviation Administration lifted a temporary flight restriction grounding flights in the El Paso area. The Trump administration says it took action after a quote “cartel drone incursion.”
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February 10, 2026

February 10, 2026 • 4 mins
Most members of the El Paso state delegation signed on to a letter challenging the Texas Education Agency’s proposed consequences for schools and districts where students conduct walkout protests. Students in El Paso said they’ve led protests at the end of school days denouncing ICE operations in the area and across the country.
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February 9, 2026

February 9, 2026 • 4 mins
With a unanimous vote, the El Paso County Commissioners Court has committed to a project that would connect Bob Hope Drive to Gateway and Loop 375 on the East Side.
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February 5, 2026

February 5, 2026 • 4 mins
Commissioners with the Texas Railroad Commission OK’d a proposed rate increase for Texas Gas Service customers in El Paso. City officials had argued El Pasoans will bear the brunt of costs for the utility compared to other users in Texas Gas’s proposed merged markets.
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February 4, 2026

February 4, 2026 • 4 mins
At the direction of the El Paso City Council, the city manager and attorney will draw up plans to oppose new Immigration Customs and Enforcement facilities from being built within city limits.
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February 3, 2026

February 3, 2026 • 3 mins
The El Paso City Council’s vote today kicked off city efforts to prevent any new Immigration Customs and Enforcement facilities from being built within city limits.
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February 2, 2026

February 2, 2026 • 4 mins
Contract negotiations between the city, county, Deck Plaza Foundation and Texas Department of Transportation over the development and design of a deck atop Interstate 10 at Downtown are underway.
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January 29, 2026

January 29, 2026 • 4 mins
Two El Paso City Council representatives have sponsored a discussion item for next week’s meeting over how to keep ICE from opening more detention centers within city limits. An El Paso judge recused herself from cases involving migrant children after attorneys alleged she displayed prejudice against them in court.
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January 28, 2026

January 28, 2026 • 5 mins
City and County officials touted a decrease in traffic fatalities by 24 percent since local law enforcement agencies increased efforts to deter impaired driving. The Village of Vinton broke ground on the Water and Sewer Phase III Project.
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January 27, 2026

January 27, 2026 • 5 mins
The federal government has agreed to hold off on deporting two men who say they witnessed a death at the detention camp in El Paso. The Texas Rangers are investigating the death of a federal inmate who was held at the downtown jail.
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January 26, 2025

January 26, 2026 • 5 mins
An El Paso family sued the city and over 10 police officers in federal court over a high profile arrest that ended in the death of a man last year. The county medical examiner’s office determined the cause of Hernandez’s death was homicide due to asphyxia from chest compression during law enforcement subdual.
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January 22, 2026

January 22, 2026 • 6 mins
The El Paso County medical examiner has ruled the cause of death of a Cuban man at the immigration detention camp a homicide. 55 year-old Gerlado Lunas Campos is among three people who’ve died in custody in the last two months at the tent facility.
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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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