If you have been used to dialing only seven digits for a telephone number when making local calls within the Detroit area, it's time to include the 313 area code as part of that process. A new ...

Phone customers in the 313 area code, which covers Detroit and several suburbs, will have to start including the area code when making local calls. Here’s everything to know about when this change ...

DETROIT – The state of Michigan is running out of 313 area codes and may be adding 679 into the mix in the Detroit area by late 2025. But why 679? Who decided on that code? Local 4 sat down with an ...

Detroit — The 313 needs backup. Introducing the 679. Detroit, Downriver, the Grosse Pointes and other surrounding Wayne County suburbs soon could be in need of a new telephone area code. All of the ...

Demetrios Sanders is one of your Detroit community reporters. Connect with him at Demetrios.Sanders@wxyz.com. DETROIT (WXYZ) — Detroit's iconic 313 area code will ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — The city of Detroit and its surrounding areas with a 313 area code will be switching to a 10-digit dialing requirement and a new overlay area code ...

Dialing a phone number without including the area code won’t work for many Michiganders starting later this year. Anybody with a 616, 810, 906 or 989 area code will need to start using the full ...