SALEM — Oregonians with the 541 area code won’t be forced to change their phone numbers, but their fingers and memories will get a little more work. That’s the upshot of an Oregon Public Utility ...

SALEM, Ore. -- The Public Utility Commission has added a telephone area code for much of Oregon: 458. Beginning in 2010, it will be assigned in the area that uses 541 -- all of the state outside the ...

A new area code is coming to southern and central Oregon in 2010, in the entire region currently served by the 541 area code. No one will have to change their phone number; the new area code, 458, ...

Callers in southern, central and eastern Oregon can begin dialing 10 digits starting Sunday as the state begins phasing in a new area code, 458.The Oregon Public Utility Commission announced in ...

SALEM — The Public Utility Commission has added a telephone area code for much of Oregon: 458. Beginning in 2010, it will be assigned in the area that uses 541 — all of the state outside the populous ...

THE DALLES, Ore. (AP) -- Starting Jan. 10 in much of Oregon that uses a 541 area code, every phone call we make, even to someone on the other side of the street, will require that we dial a full 10 ...