Petersburg Pilot -

The Alaska House of Representatives will lose a familiar face next January when Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins completes his term.

Kreiss-Tomkins announced last Friday that he would not be running for reelection after serving in the House for nearly a decade.

The representative of District 35, which includes Sitka and Petersburg, has decided it’s time for a change of pace as he shifts his focus to his personal life.

“Having a meaningful personal life and a relationship and a family, these are all really important life priorities for me, not to say any of them exist which is actually part...