Residents and business owners in parts of Northern California will soon have access to a new area code, according to the California Public Utilities Commission. With new telephone numbers in the 530 ...

MINNEAPOLIS — It's been a few decades since Minnesotans have dialed up one of these transitions. A new area code is coming for those who live in the 507. Starting Aug. 30, the code 924 will join the ...

It’s about to become a little harder to make a simple local phone call in the Sacramento area. Starting Saturday morning, landline phone users with a 916 number must dial a 1 and the area code to make ...

"Seinfeld" joked about area code anxiety in 1998, but modern New Yorkers still take their phone numbers very seriously. File What’s an area code really worth these days, anyway? For most people, it’s ...

This map shows area codes throughout New Jersey. (Graphic by Stephen Stirling) State regulators have approved a new area code for South Jersey. The 640 area code will be added to the region currently ...

The Public Utility Commission of Texas is considering a proposal to add a second area code within the geographic boundaries of the existing 210 area code. Seven-digit dialing may soon be a thing of ...

Some telephone customers in about a dozen counties including Stanislaus may be issued a phone number with a different area code before long. The 209 area code in the Central Valley and Sierra ...

East Tennessee has another new area code, and it's going to add three more digits to many people's local calls. Starting Aug. 5, people in upper and lower East Tennessee in the 423 area code region ...