PC Sheriff's Office welcomes Deputy Darrell Smith

The Phillips County Sheriff's Office welcomed new Deputy Darrell Smith recently. Smith and his wife, Kyla, and their children moved to Haxtun a year and a half ago.

"We have been loving it," Smith said of his rural Haxtun living.

Smith grew up in Stockton, Calif. but moved to Colorado almost a decade ago when he took a job with M-V Equipment. He worked there in the accounting department but the company eventually sold and he chose a different career path.

After M-V, Smith took a job with the Colorado Department of Corrections. While at DOC, Smith worked in maximum security and moved up in rank...