Anchorage gets $25M for safety improvements on Bragaw Street

And: Original Peter Pan Seafood investor wins auction for troubled company’s assets ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( Today's sponsor: [Today's Sponsor: McDonald's Franchising]( Good afternoon. It’s Friday, September 20. In today's newsletter: - The Anchorage municipality is set to receive a $24.9 million grant from the Federal Highway Administration, largely for an upcoming[road project to improve safety]( along a stretch of Bragaw Street. - An Anchorage man who received a heart transplant last year is [preparing to mark the first anniversary]( of that lifesaving procedure with the Alaska Heart Run this weekend. - One of the original investors in a troubled Alaska seafood company [narrowly outbid a competitor]( for the firm’s assets — including a major processing plant in the village of King Cove. Take advantage of a break from the rain this weekend with your pick of fairs, festivals, live music and other events happening around Anchorage. From the Anchorage Food & Wine Festival to Dogtoberfest, check out some of this weekend's highlights [here.]( Anchorage weather It's mostly cloudy today with a high near 53 degrees and a slight chance of scattered rain showers. Saturday will be sunny and Sunday will be at least partly sunny, before rain enters the forecast again early next week. Daytime temperatures will hover in the low to mid-50s for the next few days. Here’s what else is making headlines in Alaska today. — Megan Pacer, mpacer@adn.com [Anchorage gets $25M from Federal Highway Administration for Bragaw Street road safety project →]( The city has five years to complete the project, which aims to improve safety along a 1.5-mile stretch of Bragaw Street, between the Glenn Highway and Northern Lights Boulevard. ADVERTISEMENT [‘A whole new meaning’: Anchorage man celebrates first anniversary of heart transplant with Alaska Heart Run →]( Travis Mills is a school counselor and a pastor, but after his surgery he had “a passion to do more.” [Original Peter Pan Seafood investor wins auction for troubled company’s assets →]( Rodger May, an entrepreneur and fish trader, [bid $37.3 million]( for the assets of Peter Pan Seafood, including processing plants in Dillingham and another in a remote part of the Alaska Peninsula called Port Moller. (via Northern Journal) [4 years after their first try, St. Paul and The Broken Bones will finally bring their stirring soul sound to Alaska →]( This energetic, eight-piece band based in Alabama will play in Fairbanks today before kicking off the Anchorage Concert Association’s 2024-25 season with a Saturday show at the Atwood Concert Hall. [House unanimously votes to boost Trump security as Congress scrambles to ensure candidate safety →]( Lawmakers are scrambling to ensure the Secret Service has enough resources to keep the nation’s presidential candidates safe amid repeated threats of violence. It’s unclear how much they can do with only weeks before the election. ADVERTISEMENT More from the ADN [Secret Service report details communication failures preceding July assassination attempt on Trump →]( [‘Teaming With Microbes’ podcast: Cluster flies in the garden →]( [Trump campaign courts younger men to make up losses with women voters →]( [Why does the internet love baby hippo Moo Deng? There’s a science to it. →]( [Local Teamsters unions in swing states rush to endorse Harris →]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Anchorage Daily News, 300 W 31st Ave, Anchorage, AK 99503, United States