Takshanuk Watershed Council tax error

Takshanuk Watershed Council will not have to pay a property tax bill it received this year. Untangling this took the assembly roughly 20 minutes of digging into why the watershed council got the bill in the first place. 

The watershed council applied for multiple community-purpose exemptions in 2025 for five properties, including the parcel housing its office and classroom building. A few days after the watershed council applied, the assessor…

Lizzy Hahn is a reporter and photographer from Nome. She has worked in newsrooms across Alaska including the Anchorage Daily News, Nome Nugget and UAF Sun Star.