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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Corpus Christi's area code, 361, is one a seven Texas area codes that will soon have to move to 10-digit local dialing instead of the normal seven-digit dialing. Starting on ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — The only area code in Washington that allows seven-digit dialing for phone calls is 509. Beginning April 24, callers will all dial the same way in the state, by using 10-digit dialing ...

Callers within Washington’s 509 area code can start including the area code when dialing next month, the Washington Utilities & Transportation Commission said Wednesday. The change, which starts April ...

ST. LOUIS — If you need to dial a phone number in the St. Louis area, get ready to press a few extra digits beginning this Sunday. Mandatory 10-digit dialing starts Oct. 24 for people in 35 states and ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Everyone using area code 904 will soon be required to dial 10 digits for all calls, including local ones, according to a news release from the Florida Public Service Commission ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WTVY) - Phone calls made in the Wiregrass and other parts of southeast and central Alabama will be undergoing changes over the next two months. Beginning January 23, those that have ...

Demetrios Sanders is one of your Detroit community reporters. Connect with him at Demetrios.Sanders@wxyz.com. DETROIT (WXYZ) — Detroit's iconic 313 area code will ...

Starting Oct. 24, residents in the 218 area code in northern Minnesota will be required to dial 10 digits — the area code plus phone number — for all local calls. On and after this date, local calls ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Get ready to update your phone contacts or do a little more dialing when calling someone who’s in the 859 area code. Beginning October 24, “ten-digit dialing” will go into ...

Callers within Washington’s 509 area code must now include that area code, the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission said. The switch took effect Sunday, Oct. 24. The change to 10-digit ...