The North Carolina Utilities Commission has provided an overlay area code for the 336 code coverage area, much like the 980 overlay code for 704. The area includes the cities of Winston-Salem, ...

Northwest North Carolina is getting a new area code.The North Carolina Utilities Commission says it will start adding numbers with a 743 area code to numbers already in the 336 area code that extends ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) – Beginning on April 23, all local calls made within the North Carolina 336 area code must use the 10-digit telephone number when using a home telephone service or cellular ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — State officials from ...

It's getting crowded in the 336. The Lexington Dispatch reports the 336 area code will hit capacity by 2016 and the N.C. Utilities Commission is weighing how to address the matter. Neustar Inc., in ...