FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Terri N. Craver
October 17, 2018
Office: (336) 570-6367

Fourth Rabies Case Confirmed in Alamance County

BURLINGTON – On October 16, the North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health in Raleigh confirmed Alamance County’s fourth case of rabies for the year.

On October 16, Alamance County Health Department was notified that a dog and its owner came in contact with a bat on Fairfield Street in Burlington. The health department sent the bat to the State Laboratory for Public Health for testing and the bat was positive for rabies. The dog was reported to be current on its vaccinations and did receive a vaccine booster. The owner was advised to begin post-exposure treatment immediately.

If you live in this area and have outside pets, you should examine them for any wounds that may have come from contact with this bat and notify animal control or the health department’s Environmental Health office at (336) 570-6367 if you have questions or concerns.

If you are bitten by any animal:
 Wash the wound with soap and running water for ten (10) minutes and seek medical attention immediately.
 Write down the location of the animal and a description of the animal to provide to animal control. If the animal is someone’s pet, also get the owner’s name and address. Give this information to animal control or the health department.
 Do not try to catch any wild or stray animal

“The best way to protect your pet from rabies is by vaccinating them and keeping up-to-date on vaccinations,” states Environmental Health Director Terri Craver. “It is the law in North Carolina.”

There is an upcoming rabies clinic at the Spay and Neuter Clinic on South Church Street on October 20, 2018 from 9-11:00. Cost is $5.00 per animal.

Last year, Alamance County had three confirmed animal cases of rabies.

For more information or questions about rabies control and vaccinations requirements, contact the health department’s Environmental Health office at (336) 570-6367.

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Please be advised that Charter Communications is experiencing an interruption in their services that may affect 911 service in Alamance County. Charter Communications customers may be unable to use their landline or internet service phone to call 911, however, cell phone service is not affected. At this time, the concentration of residents that have been affected reside in the Glencoe area, but there may be others throughout the county.

Charter Communications contacted the Alamance County Communications Center Saturday, October 13 about the possible disruption of service caused by Hurricane Michael. While their engineers and technicians are unable to troubleshoot a single point of failure at this time, staff are working to restore service as quickly as possible and anticipate full repair by midnight on Tuesday, October 16.

At this time, Alamance County urges Charter Communications customers to find alternate options to contact the Alamance County Communications Center (911) in case of emergency.

For questions relating to Charter Communications service, please contact their customer service team at 833 780-1880 or through email at Voice@charter.com.

Alamance County will continue to provide updates as new information is received.

Due to current power outage in Graham, the telephone system at the Alamance County Board of Elections is not operational, however, the Board of Elections Offices remain open until 5pm Friday, October 12, 2018. The deadline to register to vote for this election is today at 5pm. To find out if you are registered to vote, visit https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/. Please remember that early voting locations also offer same-day voter registration for eligible voters. Early voting will begin on Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at the following locations:

Alamance County Office Annex Building (Auditorium)
201 W. Elm St., Graham, 27253

Mebane Arts and Community Center
622 Corregidor St., Mebane 27302

Holly Hill Mall
309 Huffman Mill Rd., Burlington 27215

Additional early voting information is found at https://www.alamance nc.com/boardofelections/

The Alamance County Board of Elections will continue to take and process absentee ballot requests in a timely manner. Absentee voting information is found at https://www.ncsbe.gov/Voting-Options/Absentee-Voting, and absentee ballot requests can be emailed to ALAMANCE.boe@ncsbe.gov or mailed to Alamance County Board of Elections (115 S. Maple Street, Graham, NC 27253).

Additional questions can be emailed to Director Kathy Holland at Kathy.Holland@alamance-nc.com.

The Alamance County Register of Deeds will remain closed until 11am due to power outages.

For general questions relating to emergency operations, please call 336-290-0362.

Due to power outages, the Mebane Public Library will be closed Friday, October 12, 2018.

For general questions relating to emergency operations, please call 336-290-0362.

Due to inclement weather associated with Hurricane Michael, the Landfill and Convenience Center will be closing at 3:30 pm today (10/11/18). We will resume normal hours on Friday.

Alamance County Government Offices will be closing today (10/11) at 3pm.