HELP NEEDED — A worker at Mountaineer Food Bank at a warehouse in Gassaway moves a palate of nonperishable food in June. Mountaineer Food Bank is one of two large food banks in West Virginia receiving state funding to help West Virginians whose SNAP benefits have been paused beginning Saturday due to the federal government shutdown. -- Photo Courtesy/WV Legislative Photography

CHARLESTON — While the governor has announced state funding contributions and sought private donations to bolster West Virginia’s two largest food banks with federal SNAP benefits about to end, Democratic lawmakers said Thursday the state needs to put up more money.

The federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is set to grind to a halt Saturday as a result of the ongoing government shutdown. The U.S. Depar

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