By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BREAKS, Va. - Officials from three Appalachian states committed to cleaning up the Big Sandy River, one of the most polluted rivers in the United States. "There's no question the Big Sandy needs all of our help," said L.

HATFIELD, Ky. - A diesel fuel spill at an Eastern Kentucky strip mine polluted a tributary of the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River along the West Virginia border, officials said Monday.

In the five years since one of the South's worst ecological disasters deluged an eastern Kentucky community with black goo, few obvious signs remain. Lawns are green. Streams are clear. And the memory of Oct.

INEZ, Ky. - A trial is scheduled to begin Monday in a lawsuit filed by residents whose property was covered in gooey black coal sludge five years ago after one of the Souths worst ecological disasters.