Mexico and Canada are among the few to escape new tariffs announced by President Trump on Wednesday. The El Paso Independent School District’s financial office anticipates a $24.2 million dollar deficit by the end of the school year.

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office contests a notice of non-compliance from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards for the Downtown Detention facility. Sheriff Oscar Ugarte said the notice was issued based on a glitch from one of the jail’s digital systems.

Dozens of El Paso marched in Downtown to denounce the Trump administration’s cuts to food, health, education and other federal programs. Community meetings over El Paso Electric's proposed rate increase begin next Monday.

El Paso County has started the rollout of voter approved projects worth $155 million dollars. County officials say they’ll begin procurement for design and engineering on new parks, an Office for the Medical Examiner and a County Animal Shelter.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.