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FCC to require area code for short-distance phone calls

by SAM FLETCHER
Staff Writer | March 30, 2021 1:00 AM

Area code 509 phone numbers are the last in the state to transition to 10-digit dialing only, as required by the Federal Communications Commission, to make way for the new three-digit National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 988, launching July 16, 2022.

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