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.

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 unless the area code is dialed.

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

Starting on Oct. 24, there will be no more seven-digit dialing, you’ll have to add the 509 area code to all calls.

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.

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 ...

Available phone numbers with the 206 area code are running out, so the Utilities and Transportation Commission approved a new one: 564.

SPOKANE, Wash- The next time you get a phone call from a 564-area code don’t hang up. That phone call is coming from the west side of the state.

news 619 and 858 area codes get ready for more dialing On May 19th, San Diego residents will have to dial the full ten digit number to make a phone call.

The state agency in charge of area codes says the 206 is exhausted. The new 564 area code offers a good time to reflect on the region's unrelenting growth.

Callers within Washington’s 509 area code must now include that area code, the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission said.

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 ...