CHARLESTON — It is yet unclear how quickly reduced Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will be available for West Virginians, with President Donald Trump contradicting his U.S. Department of Agriculture in whether to comply with a federal court order to partially fund the benefits.

Gov. Patrick Morrisey and West Virginia National Guard Adj. Gen. James Seward provided an update Tuesday on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and food distribution efforts to state and local food banks during an event at the Step by Step Family Support Center on Charleston’s West Side.

National Guard soldiers and airmen also dropped off non-perishable food across the street at the West Side Family Resource Center.

“I’ve said at the very beginning that we are not going to let

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