BOISE - Idaho regulators say the state will get a second area code as soon as 2017, which will require 10-digit dialing for the first time throughout the state. The Idaho Public Utilities Commission ...

Idaho’s new area code will live side-by-side with its existing 208 area code as an overlay, requiring 10-digit dialing across the state. Statesman staff The Idaho Public Utilities Commission announced ...

BOISE – Idaho will add a second area code – 986 – in late 2017. That news follows the Idaho Public Utilities Commission’s unanimous decision Monday to implement the new area code as a “geographic ...

Idaho's signature 208 area code will soon co-exist with a new three-digit code starting in 2017. The Idaho Public Utilities Commission announced Monday that the state's second area code will be 986.

TWIN FALLS — New technology has accelerated the need for a second area code in Idaho. Starting Sept. 5, 2017, new phone numbers may be assigned using a 986 area code, and all numbers will require ...

BOISE • Idaho will run out of 208-prefix phone numbers in about two years, the Idaho Public Utilities Commission announced Tuesday.

POCATELLO — Though safe for one year, those partial to their 208 area code should refrain from changing their number come September 2017, as new Idaho phone numbers will be assigned the area code of ...