OLYMPIA — Officials say the creation of a new area code for the state has been delayed by a couple of years. The state Utilities and Transportation Commission has announced that telecommunications ...

Western Washington residents will avoid having to punch in three extra digits each time they make a local phone call for at least another four years. The telecommunications industry once estimated the ...

OLYMPIA -- Officials say the creation of a new area code for the state has been delayed by a couple of years. The state Utilities and Transportation Commission has announced that telecommunications ...

Western Washington will get a new area code in 2017, and that will require 10-digit dialing for all phone numbers in the region. Jupiterimages www.jupiterimages.com The new year will bring a new area ...

Western Washington will also have the 564 area code by fall 2017, according to a plan approved by the state Utilities and Transportation Commission on Thursday. Jupiterimages Thinkstock photo The 253 ...

The new year will also bring a new area code to Western Washington. T-Mobile began warning its customers in area codes 360, 425, 253 and 206 about the addition of area code 564. The 564 will be an ...