Chair of the Orange County Commissioners Renee Price speaks with 97.9 The Hill’s Brighton McConnell on Wednesday, January 12. She shares the latest from a meeting with the county’s Emergency Services department regarding potential winter weather and the worsening COVID-19 trends. Plus: Price gives her thoughts on a recent slip-up at a vaccination site and some important practices on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

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