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As a group of Walla Wallans marched from Whitman College to Gesa Power House Theatre on Monday, Jan. 15, the words of Martin Luther King Jr. echoed through downtown Walla

Wednesday, March 3, 2021 By: Brenda M Fincher At the City Council Meeting on February 22nd, Mayor Sykes announced the 2020 Citizen of the Year. As he introduced Tami Mouser, this year’s recipient, he spoke of the “beautiful woman and the amazing things she has done for Mountain Home” and in particular her Backpack Bridge program. Mayor Sykes told her that she was selected by the years prior’ citizen of the year and her peers and that selecting her was in “recognition of her exemplary lead...