Grant EchoHawk is running in the primaries for District 1 House of Representatives (Courtesy of Grant EchoHawk)

Episode 17: The primary elections are next month and with Wrangell being in District 1, along with Ketchikan, Saxman, Coffman Cove, Metlakatla and other communities in southern SE Alaska. With us today, KSTK’s News Director Colette Czarnecki speaks with Grant EchoHawk, who is running as a nonpartisan for the Alaska House of Representatives in District 1. He’s on the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly, the Library Advisory Board and the Ketchikan Tribal Business Corporation. He goes into his passion for public services with a community-first focus. Additionally, he gives insight on big issues for Southeast Alaska, which include education, support programs, protecting salmon in the region and housing.