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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a name="_Hlk532890042"></a><a name="_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><b><span style="font-size:48.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman"">NEWS RELEASE</span></b></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman"">Watch the latest ‘In Touch with Durham County’<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman"">Available online or on Durham Television Network<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman"">Durham, N.C. – </span></b><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman"">Thanks to Zoom, the Durham County Public Information Office continues to bring
residents who are also social distancing important information on our programs and services with the “In Touch with Durham County” show for
</span><a href="https://youtu.be/ALXWw7ZSVEI"><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman"">January 2021</span></a><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman"">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman"">In this month’s episode, host Deborah Craig-Ray, General Manager of Strategic Planning and Innovation, welcomes two well-known Durham County Government public
servants in Board of County Commissioners Chair Brenda Howerton and Durham County Department of Public Health Director Rod Jenkins.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman"">As the longest tenured Board member following the retirement of Ellen Reckhow in 2020, Howerton joins the show after she was voted the Chair in December. The
former President of the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners discusses the honor of leading the historic first all-female BOCC in Durham County and the unique challenges ahead for the Board.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman"">In segment two, Jenkins comes on to our show once again to talk about the County's on-going response to the COVID-19 pandemic. While the County, state and nation
are currently grappling with a dramatic surge in cases, Jenkins voices optimism as Durham County received the first batches of the COVID-19 vaccine and has begun the process of vaccinating our community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman"">About “In Touch with Durham County”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman"">The “In Touch with Durham County” show is a monthly program that provides governmental programming and access to your local government and provides timely, ongoing
coverage of Durham County Government. The show airs daily on the <a href="https://durhamnc.gov/1104/Durham-Television-Network">
Durham Television Network</a> (DTN). DTN is available on Spectrum channel 8, Google Fiber channel 8, Frontier channel 70 and AT&T U-verse channel 99. To view past editions of the “In Touch with Durham County” show, visit the DCo YouTube Channel
</span><a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfYjpxKxVJ0FM3sAWsGZZYrGcYz7Mk1Tn"><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman"">here</span></a><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman"">. For more information on the Durham County Public Information
Office, call 919-560-0000 or email </span><a href="mailto:publicinformationoffice@dconc.gov"><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman"">publicinformationoffice@dconc.gov</span></a><span style="font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman"">.
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