The state's unemployment insurance call center will extend its hours Dec. 21 through Jan. 22 because of a seasonal surge in calls, the state reported.

The TeleClaim center phone lines will be open weekdays from 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. On Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, the call center will close at 4:30 p.m. Saturday hours will remain from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., except on Dec. 26, when the center will be closed. The state said the center will be closed on the Martin Luther King Day holiday on Jan. 18.

Source: Telegram.com