Conservation groups say the proposed Arizona routes for an Interstate 11 project failed to consider habitat for imperiled desert species.

The proposed freeway would run from Wickenburg to Nogales and has been subject to lawsuit filed by a conservation group.

Arizona Department of Public Safety has provided more information on what happened in Wednesday's fatal crash near Nogales. At 3:43 p.m., a passenger sedan lost control and struck another vehicle on southbound I-19 at kilometer 12, near Rudy Road.

The Arizona Department of Transportation is working to expand broadband access in the state as it embarks on a new project to lay more than 200 miles of fiber-optic conduit between Flagstaff and the California state line.

NOGALES, Ariz. (KVOA) — Interstate 19 is shutdown in both directions after a fatal crash. Both directions of Interstate 19 are closed near Nogales, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation due to a fatal rollover crash at kilometer 12, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.

I-19 has been closed in both directions by a deadly crash near Nogales. The road is closed near State Route 289 and drivers are being diverted at Mariposa Road, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.

In response to a lawsuit from conservation groups, the Federal Highway Administration and Arizona Department of Transportation have agreed to halt planning activities and reevaluate their approval of Interstate 11.

Adopt a Highway program volunteers removed 10,400 bags of litter from Arizona freeways in 2024, ADOT announced.

The northbound lanes of Interstate 19 near Nogales are closed due to a crash at kilometer 12, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs announced the award of $17.2 million to support local enforcement’s border security efforts. According to the Governor’s Office, the money will fund “border security work, drug interdiction efforts and combatting human trafficking.”

TUCSON, AZ (AZFamily) — Arizona’s plan on a new highway that would span between Nogales and Wickenburg is going through another hurdle as part of an ongoing dispute from conservationists.

Planning for a new interstate through southern Arizona has been put on hold. 280 miles of highway between Nogales and Wickenburg expanding Interstate 11 had been proposed by federal and state transportation agencies,