A new area code is coming to Virginia. Customers who request new service or additional phone lines in the 804 region could be assigned a 686 area code. The new area code may be assigned as early as ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — With expectations that the 804 area code will run out of phone numbers by mid-2024, a new area code has been picked for parts of central Virginia and the Northern Neck. The ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- As the calendars rolls into 2024, the Richmond region — synonymous with "the 804" — will soon get another area code. Later this year, area code 686 will officially enter the fray. The ...

A swath of Virginia from the Northern Neck through Richmond to Dinwiddie and Buckingham counties to the south and west will get a new, additional telephone area code, the State Corporation Commission ...