 July is going to be hotter than ever because you get up to $50 off any smartphone at Appalachian Wireless to your agreement required. Better service, bigger savings, that's today's Appalachian Wireless and East Kentucky Network Company. 11 days into the fiscal year many around the region are dealing with budget cuts and layoffs and that holds true in Mingo County where the sheriff's office lost $150,000 and just laid off another deputy making that three deputies this year. The whole courthouse took a cut. They cut a percent across the board every office which my office has three budgets so I took three hits. With the budget taking a toll on the entire Mingo County courthouse that means one person has to do the work of multiple people. Now with 16 deputies currently picking up the slack of those gone fewer are on the roads patrolling. It's three officers off the road that changes our shift coverage of course the courthouse had to lay off some bailiffs too so now we've got to pick up the work there and bail off the court system so that's gonna take more officers off the road. It's a big hit for a small community and a small office like we got anyway. Sheriff Smith says other departments have also stepped up during this time to not only help the sheriff's office but the community. We've actually had to go to taking calls at night from four in the morning to seven in the morning with the state police. One week we'll take calls next week they'll take calls which I thank them for coming you know for helping us like that. With an uncertain future Mingo County Sheriff James Smith is hopeful the economy picks back up in southern West Virginia. Reporting in Williamson I'm Shelby Steele for EKB news.