My first unemployment payment still has not arrived - 6 weeks in

I applied for unemployment in Spokane 6 weeks ago and the status page still says pending. I am in Spokane, in case local advice matters. I called the state line four times and only reached a recording. What would you check first?

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it last year, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.