February 26, 2011 - A new area code rolled out in eastern Nebraska on Feb. 26, 2011, due to population growth and an increased need for numbers.

Wally Tubbs remembers his first telephone number: Hemlock 5-4097. Jim McKee remembers his grandparents’ number: Ingersoll 2474. For many people in the silver generation, 60-plus, early phone numbers ...

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 ...

OMAHA -- It's not clear exactly when eastern Nebraska will run out of phone numbers in its 402 area code, but state officials now have a plan to deal with it when it does. Nebraska's Public Service ...

A new phone number may be setting Omaha residents up for numerous unwanted calls.KETV NewsWatch 7's new meteorologist, Alex Alecci, received a number of inappropriate phone calls in recent weeks."I ...

The Young family is a household divided. Mom Michaela, dad Joseph and sister Finnley have phone numbers that begin with the 402 area code. But the phone number for Kylan’s brand-new birthday iPhone ...

A proliferation of wireless phones, pagers and Internet users is creating problems for Nebraska's 402 area code. While only about 34 percent of the 6.5 million telephone numbers in the 402 area code ...