AZ Briefing: What to know about I-17 construction

June 20, 2024
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AZ Briefing

YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP

Thu Jun 20 2024

Lorenzino Estrada | Digital Producer

Good morning, Arizona. Here’s what our reporters are working on and what you should know before you start your day.

Interstate 17 is a heavily congested stretch of northern Arizona highway. State officials say its improvement project will make traveling easier and safer.

Find out what Arizona travelers need to know about the construction project.

This is what rent costs in Valley cities

How much does rent cost in Arizona cities?

Statesman Journal file

Tucson and Gilbert were ranked two of the best U.S. cities for renters. But how much will an apartment or home cost in those and neighboring cities?

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We’d love your feedback about the AZ Briefing. Email us at karen.kurtz@arizonarepublic.com.

Today in history

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

•	On this day in 1911: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, shortened to NAACP, was incorporated in New York with part of its mission being “to promote equality of rights and to eradicate caste or race prejudice among the citizens of the United States.” It was founded in 1909 by activists who included W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells and several others.
•	In 1926: More than 250,000 people converged on Soldier Field in Chicago for the opening of the Catholic Church’s 28th International Eucharistic Congress. More than 1 million people participated in Mass four days later at the closing.
•	In 1941: With World War II raging in Europe for nearly two years, all 33 U.S. Navy sailors died aboard the submarine USS O-9 from crushing water pressure during a test dive down more than 400 feet in the Atlantic off Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The sub, built during World War I, was recommissioned a couple months before it was tested for action at a deeper depth.
•	In 1963: The U.S. and USSR established the Washington-Moscow hotline, a “red telephone” that linked the Pentagon with the Kremlin in the wake of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
•	In 1966: Columbia Records released Bob Dylan’s seventh studio album, “Blonde on Blonde,” which climbed to No. 9 on the Billboard U.S. album chart. It included classic songs like “Rainy Day Women #12 and 35” and “Just Like a Woman.”
•	In 1975: The U.S. release of “Jaws” was a smash hit at the box office.

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University of Arizona student Erin Jones was shot dead on April 28. Tucson police announced they have arrested four teenagers in the case.

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AZ Briefing: What to know about I-17 construction

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