Friday KCYN-KCPX News

>>Report Recommends Consolidating Two Main 9-1-1 Call Centers

(Salt Lake City, UT)　 --　 A new report aimed at improving 9-1-1 service says the city's two main dispatch centers should be consolidated.　 According to the report, combining the call centers at the Valley Emergency Communications Center and the Unified Police Department would speed up service.　 If the recommendation is approved, the Unified Police Department's sheriff would be in charge of the new agency.

>>Cottonwood Football Coach Accused Of Inappropriate Relationship

(Salt Lake City, UT)　 --　 The Cottonwood High School football coach has been put on administrative leave for allegedly having an inappropriate relationship with a female student.　 A school district spokesman says 32-year-old Josh Lyman was removed from the school premises Wednesday, and a criminal investigation is under way.　 Lyman is denying the allegations.

>>Police Still Looking For Jordan River Trail Attacker

(Salt Lake City, UT)　 --　 Utah police are still trying to find the man accused of attacking a woman on the Jordan River Trail earlier this week.　 The man is described as being in his mid-30s, 150 pounds and about five-feet-nine.　 This is the third attack along a Utah trail so far this year.

>>Fire Causes $500,000 In Damage To LDS Conference Center

(Salt Lake City, UT)　 --　 Monday's fire at the downtown Conference Center caused 500-thousand dollars of damage to the LDS Church building.　 Officials told the "Deseret News," the fire started in the mechanical room and appears to be accidental.　 Sprinklers located in the building's auditorium extinguished the fire, so water caused most of the damage.

>>Runners Hit The Street Saturday For Salt Lake City Marathon

(Salt Lake City, UT)　 --　 Thousands of runners will pound the pavement Saturday for the ninth annual Salt Lake City Marathon.　 The 26-point-two-mile race has a new owner this year.　 The "Salt Lake Tribune" reports U.S. Road Sports bought the race in February from embattled owner Chris Devine, who has left race winners waiting for their money in the previous years of the event.
>>Fewer Americans Practicing "Green" Living

(New York, NY)　 --　 Earth Day is this Sunday, and while the number of Americans who would describe themselves as "green," a "conservationist," or an "environmentalist" has gone up over the past three years, the number of people who actually live those ideas has fallen.　 A new Harris Poll shows that 61-percent are reusing items instead of tossing them and buying something new, which is down four-percent from 2009.　 Meanwhile, 57-percent are making an effort to use less water, while 60-percent were doing so three years ago.　 The number of people who say they're "environmentally-conscious" has dropped from 30-percent in 2009 to 27-percent today.　 Just 31-percent say they "personally care a great deal" about the environment, which is down from 36-percent in 2009.　 And three years ago 43-percent expressed concerns about the condition in which the planet will be left for future generations, but these days just 34-percent are looking beyond their own lifetime.
>>BYU Graduates Nearly 6,000

(Provo, UT)　 --　 Brigham Young University recognizes the nearly six-thousand members of the class of 2012 this week.　 Yesterday's commencement ceremonies featured former BYU president, Utah Supreme Court justice and current LDS Church General Authority Dallin Oaks.　 Oaks told the graduates they now have a mark upon them as BYU alumni, that it is visible, like a banner, and that is it will have an effect on others.　 Convocations for BYU's colleges are scheduled today, throughout the day and in a number of locations across the campus.

>>Weber State Commencement Set For Today

(Ogden, UT)　 --　 Weber State University is awarding degrees to more than four-thousand students.　 The university's 2012 commencement ceremony begins at eight this morning in the Dee Events Center. on the Ogden campus.　 Convocations will follow during the rest of the morning and afternoon on campus.

>>CORE Project Bringing Major Closures On I-15

(Undated)　 --　 The first of a spring and summer's worth of long-term shutdowns is about to begin on Interstate 15 in Utah County.　 Construction crews will shut down the northbound on-ramp and southbound off-ramp at 16-hundred North in Orem as soon as Monday.　 The shutdown could last as long as a month, followed by shutdown at the 800 North and Center Street interchanges in Orem.　 I-15 CORE project director Todd Jensen says all the traffic lanes on I-15 will remain open during the interchange shutdowns.

>>Big "Spice" Bust In Washington County

(Undated)　 --　 Washington County authorities have seized more than two-million dollars worth of illegal drugs.　 The Area Drug and Gang Task Force hauled in more than 200 pounds of synthetic marijuana, known as "spice," with a street value of over one-and-a-half-million dollars.　 Agents also seized 56 pounds of amphetamine-like bath salt powder with a street value of over 600-thousand dollars.　 They arrested four people following an eight-month investigation that led to raids on smoke shops, a home and a warehouse.