SPOKANE – The 509 area code – the glue that binds Yakima to Usk, and Stehekin to Anatone – is only for only another five years, the state said Wednesday. Then Eastern Washington will need a ...

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 ...

Starting on Oct. 24, there will be no more seven-digit dialing, you’ll have to add the 509 area code to all calls. The reason for the change is to help keep people from accidentally calling a ...

Beginning Sunday, Oct. 24, you have to add the 509 area code to all calls. The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission said calls made without adding the area code may not go through.

Landline users may need to adjust their dialing habits. Starting April 24, the 509 area code can be dialed even when making a local call. By October, local calls in Eastern Washington won’t work ...

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

Callers within the 509 area code were the only ones in the state who could do seven-digital dialing until last fall, when the 988 number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline went into effect.

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 ...

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 ...