Many residents in northeastern and central Pennsylvania will have to make calls by dialing 10 digits starting this fall. The state Public Utility Commission said Wednesday that customers within the ...

Tom Loughery has spent years promoting his 12-room guest house in Jim Thorpe around the world and online. If he loses his 570 area code through one of several plans under consideration by the state ...

The proliferation of cell phones, fax machines, pagers, modems and handheld computers is gobbling up the telephone numbers left in the 570 area code. Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission received ...

If you live in the 570 area code, get ready to work a little harder to call your neighbors. The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission said callers can now begin using 10 digits every time they place ...

The state Public Utility Commission announced the area code overlay for the 570 region will be 272. The move will require that people dial 10 digits for all local phone calls as new phones are issued ...

HARRISBURG (AP) – Many residents in northeastern and central Pennsylvania will have to make calls by dialing 10 digits starting this fall. The state Public Utility Commission said Wednesday that ...

West Scranton residents Don and Cheryl Tucker changed their cellphone carriers earlier this year and each was assigned a new phone number with a 272 area code. At first, they thought it was a mistake.

Warm up your index finger. This time next year, you may have to dial all 10 digits of a local phone number. With available phone numbers running out in the 570 area code, the state Public Utility ...

approved a plan today for an overlay in the zone served by the 570 area code. The area affected by the change includes Portland and Upper Mount Bethel Township. The region is expected to exhaust the ...

Love the local cache that comes with the 570 area code? Then you’re in luck. The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission unanimously decided Thursday to approve an overlay plan that lets current 570 ...

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission announced that the area code overlay for the 570 area will be 272, a move that will eventually require 10-digit dialing for all local phone calls. The North ...