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HELENA – Don’t look now, but Montana’s 406 area code is scheduled to run out of numbers in five years — meaning our nearly 70-year status as a state with a single area code is coming to an end.

HELENA – Don’t look now, but Montana’s 406 area code is scheduled to run out of numbers in five years – meaning our nearly 70-year status as a state with a single area code is coming to an end.

Montanans love living in the “406,” but Montana could run out of 406 phone numbers by 2033. It’s not because all the numbers will be in use by far. Still, the clock is ticking on assigning a new ...