AZ Briefing: Metro Phoenix weekend freeway closures

June 15, 2024
by RJ Hamster

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AZ Briefing

YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP

Sat Jun 15 2024

Good morning, Arizona. Here’s what our reporters are working on and what you should know before you start your day.Metro Phoenix drivers can expect several freeway closures and detours this weekend on Interstate 10, Loop 101 and State Route 143 , according to the Arizona Department of Transportation’s weekend freeway travel advisory.

See all the freeways affected by closures this Father’s Day weekend.

Wildfire caused when motor home set ablaze closes I-17

Crews drop retardant on the Ironwood Fire near Interstate 17 at Cordes Junction on June 14, 2024.

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A motor home containing explosive ammunition caught fire near Cordes Lake, starting a wildfire and closing northbound lanes of Interstate 17.

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Today in history

Here are just some of the events on this date in the past.

•	On this day in 1775: The Continental Congress appointed Gen. George Washington as the commander in chief of the Continental Army.
•	In 1836: Arkansas was admitted as the 25th state. The land was part of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase from France.
•	In 1864: U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton officially declared the former Arlington House estate belonging to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee to become a national cemetery about a month after the first military burial there in Virginia. Arlington originally sat on 200 acres and grew to more than triple that size.
•	In 1944: After heavy naval gunfire and aircraft bombing, U.S. Marines stormed the beaches of the Japanese-held island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. It was the first heavily defended land mass in the Central Pacific to be assaulted by U.S. amphibious forces. America’s victory in Saipan was key to its strategy for striking Japan with B-29 bombers.
•	In 1989: Sub Pop Records released Nirvana’s debut album, “Bleach,” which the band had recorded at Reciprocal Recording in Seattle for about $600.
•	In 1996: Iconic American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald died at 79.

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What older Arizona voters say about Trump, Biden’s ages

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