OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s new 531 area code will soon be assigned to new phone lines in the eastern third of the state. Regulators say the new area code is needed because phone companies are close ...

Her new cellphone number begins with Nebraska’s newest area code: 531. Because of that, “a lot of people think I’m from out of state,” she said. It appears that those three numbers don’t yet have a ...

The Nebraska Public Service Commission (Commission) has been notified by the North America Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA) that the 402 Area Code is nearing exhaust with only ten codes remaining.

Sometime later this year, you may get a call from area code 531 and, when you do, don’t hang up — it’ll be a local call.

LINCOLN | The 531 area code, an idea introduced in 2009, has yet to make an appearance in the numbers dialed every day. And it likely will stay that way for at least another three years, according to ...