Interstate 19

The station locations are Tucson, Interstate 10 near Kino Parkway at Rudy's Country Store and Bar BQ, 2130 East Ajo Way.

Green Valley, I-19 at Verde Valley Center, 119 East Duval Mine Road.

Welton, I-8 near Avenue 29E.

At Chevron, 28864 Commerce Way.

ADOT recently opened bidding for 49 future stations, with an estimated $49 million in federal funding.

Those will be located along Interstate Highways 10, 40, and 40B, US Routes 60, 66, 70, 89A, 93, 180, and 191, and State Routes 64, 68, 69, 77, 79, 80, 85, 87, 89, 89A, 90, 95, 179, 260, 264, 347, and 389.

These bids are the third phase in a network of fast charging stations, following an initial round of 16 stations along Interstate 10, I-8, I-40, I-17, and I-19, and a second round of 14 stations along I-10, US Routes 60, 89, 93, and 160, and State Routes 95 and 260.

The EV charging stations will generally be placed no more than 90 miles apart and within three miles of a highway.

Finally, a few other stories you should know about.

A Nogales man has been sentenced to 34 years in prison following the death of a woman who fell from his motorcycle on Interstate 19.

51-year-old Jose Silva was convicted of negligent homicide and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death.

Prosecutors said 30-year-old Ashley Cervantes of Rio Rico had asked Silva for a ride in June of last year.

After stopping at two restaurants where both consumed alcohol, they traveled south on Interstate 19, where Cervantes fell from the motorcycle and was subsequently struck by multiple vehicles.

During sentencing Monday, the judge cited the harm to Cervantes' family, Silva's efforts to conceal the crime, and his criminal history.

Silva's attorney plans to appeal.

He faces one count of child abuse and two counts of child endangerment.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has awarded a $63 million contract for a permanent expanded checkpoint on Interstate 19 between Tubac and Amado.

The project is moving forward without environmental reviews or public comment.

The Tucson Mayor and Council have adopted an Action Plan for the Prosperity Initiative.

Then we get down south of Tucson, and you'll run into a number of mines.

There's a new one coming online at World Copper in the Santa Rita Mountains, as well as there's some older mines run by Grupo Mexico and Freeport-McMoran along I-19 down through there.

Then you get deeper down towards Patagonia.

There's a new underground mine there coming online.