This map shows the overlay of the 854 area code in the entire 843 zone, where dialing 10 digits for each phone number, including the area code, takes effect Sept. 19. Courtesy of Horry Telephone ...

Charleston has technically had two area codes for more than a year, but in practice, we're all still dialing 843. The booming growth of South Carolina's coast, as it happens, hasn't been quite what ...

Lowcountry and Pee Dee residents with the 843 area code will have to dial at least 10 digits to make a phone call starting on Sept. 19, 2015. That's the date that's now been set for mandatory 10-digit ...

This map shows the overlay of the 854 area code in the entire 843 zone, where dialing 10 digits for each phone number, including the area code, takes effect Sept. 19. The (Myrtle Beach) Sun News ...

A proposal to add a second area code in the Lowcountry would force callers to dial at least 10 digits for every phone call, even numbers beginning with area code 843. The proposed change is the result ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Beaufort and Jasper counties have outgrown their area code. Those counties and a handful of others up the coastline will be adding an 854 area code to the existing 843. It's a process ...

South Carolina head football coach Shane Beamer was born in Charleston, S.C., but hasn't always used a cell phone number with the 843 area code assigned to that region of the state. In a profession ...

This map shows the overlay of the 854 area code in the entire 843 zone, where dialing 10 digits for each phone number, including the area code, takes effect Sept. 19. Courtesy of Horry Telephone ...