If you soon find yourself calling a phone number that begins with a 272 area code, it could be a local call. That’s because the three-digit prefixes in the 570 area code are now officially used up.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 number 272 will be the overlay area code for the 570 area code when implemented. The North American Numbering Plan Administrator informed the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission that the new ...