New Mexico nurse remembered, Rape suspect caught, Stormy weather, Colorado flooding, Balloon Fiesta pins

Monday’s Top Stories

  • Taos County mobile business brings pet grooming services to clients off the grid
  • APD arrest suspect in serious injury crash
  • Experimental Wavetrails Festival makes its return to Albuquerque
  • Bad energy not welcome at third annual Bruja Fest
  • Chaves County Sheriffs warn of prop money being circulated
  • SFPD investigates suspicious death

Monday’s Five Facts

[1] Friends recount the life of UNMH pediatric nurse killed outside hospital – Loved ones are mourning the loss of a nurse who was killed while heading to work on Thursday by a speeding car that struck him. For those who knew Alec Montoya, he always had a smile, and there was nothing he loved more than making a difference in people’s lives. Friends described his smile as infectious and said he knew how to calm a struggling patient or a friend in need.

[2] Years-long Colorado manhunt involving child rape suspect ends – A child rape suspect who has been on the run for years in Colorado was found and arrested Sunday. A U.S. Marshals manhunt in Alamosa County led to the arrest of 62-year-old Paul Sandoval. Police say they started searching for Sandoval in 2021, after he tied up an 8-year-old girl and raped her. Sandoval disappeared into the mountains with a rifle for four years.

[3] Widespread subtropical rains & damp – More tropical moisture will continue to move into New Mexico Monday and Tuesday, bringing more widespread chances for rain and storms across nearly the entire state. Monday will bring a threat of heavy rainfall and flash flooding from central to southwest New Mexico, along with cooler high temperatures…

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