Local residents may have encountered difficulty dialing local 872 numbers starting last week.More than a year and a half after originally planned, a requirement to include the area code when making all phone calls apparently has now gone into effect.Dialing 10 digits – the area code plus the local phone number – is now required here even for local calls.A spokesperson for the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) confirmed Friday the change is related to an announcement in 2021 that 10-digit dialing would be required in the 806 area code.PUC officials at the time said the new requirement would ...