Palm Beach County, which has had the 561 area code for nearly 25 years, officially will be getting a second one next year. The Florida Public Service Commission approved the plan Tuesday, citing a ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Palm Beach County could soon be getting a new area code. The 561 area code is "running out of prefixes" and is projected to expire by the third quarter of 2023, according to ...

Head’s up, Palm Beach County: There’s a new area code in town. Anticipating that phone numbers starting with 561 will max out by 2023, the Florida Public Service Commission last week announced 728 as ...

The 561 area code's reigning era in Palm Beach County is coming to an end. Starting next month, new telephone customers will likely be assigned the new 728 area code. The 728 area code will be ...

New phone numbers in Palm Beach County will receive a 728 area code as the 561 area code runs out of numbers, according to the Florida Public Service Commission. The commission in December agreed to ...

With the state’s population continuing to grow and cell phones and other technology requiring new numbers, South Florida could get another area code. State regulators next week will hold a workshop to ...

On behalf of the residents of Palm Beach County, I’d like to be the first to apologize to the people of Canada’s Nova Scotia. You didn’t deserve what’s about to happen to you. I’m talking about the ...

The Florida Public Service Commission on Tuesday approved a plan that will give the county a second area code sometime next summer. The new area code has not been announced as of now, but it will have ...

In the 561 area code, scammers and spammers are ringing in the holidays with the dominant share of more than 272 million robocalls so far in 2018, blowing well past 182 million for all of last year, a ...

Florida's eighth area code _ 561 _ kicks in today from Palm Beach County through the Treasure Coast. A sharp increase in mobile phones, beepers, faxes and modem-equipped home computers is why the area ...