Calls to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline will soon be routed to call centers based on the caller's geographic location -- a ...

(WHTM) — It has been three months since the 988 Suicide and Crisis lifeline rolled out, centers are seeing a rise in call volume. However, those calls are dispatched by area code which means if ...

The US Federal Communications Commission has taken the first step toward adopting a rule that would require telecommunications companies to route calls to the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline based on ...

Major cell phone carriers have started to adopt a new technology that helps direct callers to the 988 suicide and crisis hotline to help centers based on their physical location rather than their ...

Idaho’s new area code will live side-by-side with its existing 208 area code as an overlay, requiring 10-digit dialing across the state. Statesman staff The Idaho Public Utilities Commission announced ...

BOISE • Idaho will run out of 208-prefix phone numbers in about two years, the Idaho Public Utilities Commission announced Tuesday. An agency that contracts with the federal government to administer ...

BOISE – Idaho will add a second area code – 986 – in late 2017. That news follows the Idaho Public Utilities Commission’s unanimous decision Monday to implement the new area code as a “geographic ...

Idaho regulators say the state will get a second area code as soon as 2017, which will require 10-digit dialing for the first time throughout the state. The Idaho Public Utilities Commission announced ...