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.

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

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.

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.