DETROIT – The state of Michigan is running out of 313 area codes and may be adding 679 into the mix in the Detroit area by late 2025. But why 679? Who decided on that code? Local 4 sat down with an ...

A new 274 area code prefix will join phone numbers in the 920 area code Friday, the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin announced early April. The 920 area code will soon start running short on new ...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has received notice that the number 582 will be the new overlay area code for the current 814 area code, which covers all or parts of 27 ...

BUTLER, WARREN COUNTIES — The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio on Wednesday approved a plan to overlay a new area code over the existing 513 area code. The area code, which covers southwest Ohio, ...

The need for a new area code isn’t necessarily driven by population but associated with the multiple numbers each person may be using. The supply of 502 area code phone number prefixes, the three ...

If your phone rings just once from a three-digit area code, you may assume the call is coming from somewhere in the United States and be tempted to call the number back. But satisfying your curiosity ...

West Scranton residents Don and Cheryl Tucker changed their cellphone carriers earlier this year and each was assigned a new phone number with a 272 area code. At first, they thought it was a mistake.

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Colorado’s familiar area code for mountain towns has some new company. As of July 7, the region now has a second area code, 748, which will overlap with the existing 970 code that encompasses much of ...

Colorado’s familiar area code for mountain towns has some new company. As of July 7, the region now has a second area code, 748, which will overlap with the existing 970 code that encompasses much of ...