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 ...

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.

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 announced ...

Idaho residents soon will have to enter an area code to call other people in the state. The Coeur d’Alene Press reports that starting in August, Idaho telephone customers must start punching in 10 ...