After lengthy lawsuit against the borough, Koenigs wins release of withheld documents

After nearly two years of litigation, the public records-related lawsuit filed by Don Koenigs against the Petersburg Borough has reached its conclusion.

On June 21, 2024 the Superior Court for the State of Alaska ordered the borough to release around 200 pages of records related to the complaint made by Petersburg's chief of police against two borough assembly members.

In March 2022, Petersburg Police Chief Jim Kerr filed a complaint with the borough's HR director which included a five-page timeline alleging that – mainly in response to a statement he made before the assembly in Nov. 2021 abou...