Polk County experienced problems with its communications over the weekend and yesterday, with some departments not able to communicate over the radio.

Residents could still call 911, but the departments could not communicate with one another over Polk County channels. The problem occurred last Friday between 10:30 p.m. and 1:30 a.m. and again yesterday around noon.

The county could not use its radio channels, but switched to&bsp; Tryons channels as a back-up.

Polk County Manager Ryan Whitson said during the down time Friday night all fire departments were manned to allow communications by phone as well as the backup channel.

Whitleys Communication Service, Inc., was scheduled to be in Polk around 1 p.m. yesterday to fix the problem.