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

KTEP News Round-Up; July 18, 2025

July 18, 2025 • 6 mins
In this week’s News Round-Up, KTEP’s Angela Kocherga and Aaron Montes discuss what is on the city of El Paso’s budget for 2026.
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July 17, 2025

July 17, 2025 • 4 mins
The El Paso Animal Services Department will spend a proposed $16.2 million dollars in the 2026 fiscal year budget. That is a $2.4 million dollar increase compared to this year’s budget.
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July 16, 2025

July 16, 2025 • 4 mins
The city of El Paso’s mass public transportation agency Sun Metro will spend a proposed $103 million dollars on its operations in 2026. Sun Metor Director Anthony DeKeyzer said ridership on the streetcars has surpassed 100 thousand this year, the highest it has ever been.
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July 15, 2025

July 15, 2025 • 5 mins
The Texas Department of Public Safety’s Rangers are investigating a man’s death after an encounter with El Paso police on Interstate 10 near Yarbrough. Police said 30-year-old Xavier Gudadalupe Hernandez died after he became unresponsive when a police officer and a witness intervened to subdue him.
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July 14, 2025

July 14, 2025 • 5 mins
The Texas Department of Public Safety’s Rangers are investigating a man’s death after an encounter with El Paso police on Interstate 10 near Yarbrough. Police said 30-year-old Xavier Gudadalup Hernandez died after he became unresponsive when a police officer and a witness intervened to subdue him.
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July 11, 2025

July 11, 2025 • 5 mins
Residents of a South Central neighborhood are calling on the owners of the Marathon Refinery to have more direct communication with residents after flares produced large amounts of black smoke this week.
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July 10, 2025

July 10, 2025 • 4 mins
The city of El Paso International Bridges Department has budgeted $30.6 million dollars for its operations at city owned-ports of entry in 2026. The federal government decides who can cross into the U.S. from Mexico but the city owns and facilitates crossings at the Paso del Norte, Stanton and Ysleta International Bridges.
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July 10, 2025

July 10, 2025 • 4 mins
The city of El Paso International Bridges Department has budgeted $30.6 million dollars for its operations at city owned-ports of entry in 2026. The city’s proposed 2026 budget includes $260,616 dollars extra for international bridges compared to the previous year.
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July 9, 2025

July 9, 2025 • 5 mins
Two children and a man died after being caught in a flash flood in Ruidoso Tuesday. The Village says a seven year old boy, 4 year old girl and an older man in his 40s or 50s died after they were swept downstream.
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July 8, 2025

July 9, 2025 • 4 mins
The city of El Paso began budget discussions at City Hall Monday and they will continue this morning. City officials have recommended a $1.3 billion dollar budget for fiscal year 2026, which includes nearly $25 million dollars in new spending.
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July 7, 2025

July 7, 2025 • 4 mins
City manager Dionne Mack and her administration began this year’s budget workshops with the City Council today. Members of the El Paso Fire Department’s Water Rescue team traveled to Central, Texas to assist state agencies with rescue operations.
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KTEP News In-Depth: Erick Meza

July 3, 2025 • 5 mins
U.S. Customs and Border Protection plans to build a border wall on Mount Cristo Rey. KTEP’s Angela Kocherga spoke to Sierra Club Borderlands Coordinator Erick Meza about the group’s concerns.
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July 3, 2025

July 3, 2025 • 5 mins
The Republican controlled House of Representatives passed a domestic budget bill on a 218-214 vote today. El Paso Congresswoman Veronica Escobar and more than one-hundred Democrats lined up to offer identical amendments to President Trump’s budget bill on Wednesday.
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July 2, 2025

July 2, 2025 • 3 mins
Funds from the state of Texas will pay for the final phase of the Borderland Expressway in Northeast El Paso, according to county commissioner Sergio Coronado. The U.S. Senate has passed President Trump’s signature domestic policy bill.
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July 1, 2025

July 1, 2025 • 5 mins
The Sierra Club environmental organization is rallying supporters to oppose a federal plan to construct 1.32 miles of a border barrier on the Mount Cristo Rey formation. The El Paso County Commissioners Court narrowly voted in favor of using $1 million dollars for a proposed Downtown Deck Plaza over Interstate 10.
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June 30, 2025

June 30, 2025 • 4 mins
The El Paso County Commissioners Court narrowly voted in favor of using $1 million dollars for a proposed Downtown Deck Plaza over Interstate 10. High speed internet is essential these days for lots of reasons including work, school and telemedicine appointments.
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KTEP News Round Up; June 27, 2025

June 27, 2025 • 6 mins
In this week’s news roundup, KTEP’s Angela Kocherga and Aaron Montes talk about a new initiative between city departments, nonprofits and social service organizations to provide food, water and shelter to unhoused individuals.
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June 26, 2025

June 26, 2025 • 4 mins
The Ysleta Independent School District school board adopted its $420 million dollar 2025-2026 budget.
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June 25, 2025

June 25, 2025 • 4 mins
Democrat El Paso Congresswoman Veronica Escobar voted against tabling a resolution to impeach President Donald Trump over the bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities this weekend.
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June 24, 2025

June 24, 2025 • 4 mins
The El Paso City Council voted to deny El Paso Electric’s proposed $93 million dollar rate increase. El Paso’s state lawmakers also worked to get additional funding for the first comprehensive cancer center in West Texas.
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