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ABQ motorcyclist dies in crash near Laguna
LAGUNA— An Albuquerque man is dead after the motorcycle he was riding crashed, according to State Police.
Authorities said the crash occurred around 2:40 p.m. Friday on Tribal Road 55 near Laguna.
Investigators said 67-year-old Michael Robertson was traveling eastbound when his motorcycle veered off the roadway. They said the vehicle went onto the dirt shoulder and Robertson lost control for an unknown reason.
He was taken to University of New Mexico Hospital but succumbed to his injuries.
Person in custody after man killed in shooting
Albuquerque police late Saturday were investigating a shooting at a southeast-area apartment complex that left a man dead, according to a spokesman.
Officer Daren DeAguero said police had one person in custody for questioning.
Police were called at 6:18 p.m. Saturday to an apartment complex located in the 400 block of Chama SE, close to Zuni and Louisiana.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene, he said. His name had not been released by police as of late Saturday.
DeAguero said at around 9 p.m. that detectives were in the process of interviewing several witnesses.
“Because of all of the people that live there, I guess there were quite a few witnesses,” he said.
No other information was immediately available.
Feds to fund floodway, two Rio Grande projects
New Mexico is getting federal funding to build a floodway near Socorro and two other water projects related to the Rio Grande.
U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced Friday that the Army Corps of Engineers will provide $7 million to continue building the initial five miles of structural levee in the Rio Grande Floodway’s Socorro segment.
The floodway will eventually replace 43 miles of existing levee along the Rio Grande’s western bank, and is intended to prevent flooding and protect a Bureau of Reclamation channel.
The senators also announced Corps of Engineering funding for watershed assessment in the Rio Grande Basin and $200,000 for a Rio Grande environmental management program to create a basin-wide database.
‘From Dusk Till Dawn’ filming restarting in ABQ
Miramax and El Rey Network have announced both will start production in Albuquerque on the third season of “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series.”
The network said Friday that filmmaker and El Rey Network founder Robert Rodriguez will direct select episodes this season, which begins shooting March 14.
The show is based on the 1996 Rodriguez-directed vampire film of the same name and stars D.J. Cotrona, Zane Holtz and Eiza González.
Rodriguez says the network will take the series to “a whole new level.”