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 ...

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. Supplies of numbers with a 402 area code have reached a critical low point, the ...

Officials expect it'll be at least three years before Nebraska's new 531 area code makes its debut.The North American Numbering Plan Administration oversees national area codes and says the number ...

It'll probably be at least four more years before Nebraska's new 531 area code makes its debut, years later than originally forecast.The Lincoln Journal Star says that on Feb. 26, 2011, the state ...