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

KTEP Newscast

From KTEP

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

Most Recent Episodes

March 27, 2025

Officials with the Socorro Independent School District anticipate 770 less students will enroll in the 2025-2026 school year. A federal judge sentenced a former Morgan Stanley financial advisor in El Paso to 12 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges of fraud.

KTEP News In Depth; Walmart Mass Shooting Case Update

Emotions are still high a day after El Paso County District Attorney James Montoya announced he had offered a plea agreement with the Walmart mass shooter and his attorneys removing the death penalty.

March 26, 2025

Emotions are still high a day after El Paso County District Attorney James Montoya announced he had offered a plea agreement with the Walmart mass shooter and his attorneys removing the death penalty.

March 25, 2025

The gunman who killed 23 people at a Walmart in El Paso in 2019 will not face the death penalty. The District Attorney offered a plea deal that removes the threat of capital punishment.

March 24, 2025

Religious organizations will lead a vigil and march Downtown in solidarity with immigrants against the Trump administration's mass deportation policy and elimination of asylum programs.

March 21, 2025

In this week's KTEP News roundup, Angela Kocherga and Aaron Montes discuss the Trump administration's decision to use military sites for immigration detention and enforcement.

March 20, 2025

The Texas Commission on Jail Standards has issued a notice of noncompliance for the downtown El Paso County Detention Facility.

March 19, 2025

The El Paso Independent School District expects 1,172 less students next school year, a continued trend of falling enrollment. A wildfire in the Lincoln National Forest has broken out covering over 200 acres, according to the New Mexico Forestry Division.

March 18, 2025

Forecasters with the National Weather Service in El Paso expect calmer winds on Wednesday. The City Council approved a $3.4 million dollar contract to an Ohio-based company for a project at Lone Star Golf Club.

March 17, 2025

El Paso Congresswoman Veronica Escobar and other Democratic members of Congress are objecting to the Trump administration's plan to use military bases—including Fort Bliss— as immigrant detention facilities.