Today Partly sunny, with a high near 63. Southwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon.
- Walmart officials told police this year that the store at 7800 E. Smith Road loses $1.5 million each year to theft, putting it among the top 5 percent of the chain's locations nationwide for shoplifting. The store is far and away the city's leading destination for shoplifters, with 283 offenses reported in the past year — 179 more than the second-highest location, a Rite Aid on the 16th Street Mall.
- Amid recalls, lawsuits and what will soon be repeal efforts of the state's new gun-control laws, a broad coalition of activists and family members of gun violence victims congregated Monday to urge state lawmakers to "stand strong."
- The state Independent Ethics Commission on Monday unanimously voted to proceed with an ethics complaint filed against Gov. John Hickenlooper, a step that calls for further review but is not an indication a violation occurred.
- Medicare is wasting hundreds of millions of dollars a year by failing to rein in doctors who routinely give patients pricey name-brand drugs when cheaper generic alternatives are available.
- A path for a 435-mile pipeline that will carry natural gas liquids from northern Colorado to Texas received final approval Monday night.
- Aurora police are asking the community for help in identifying a person of interest from the Fuego Fuego bar parking lot homicide.
- The Longmont Humane Society remains in financial trouble. It needs $250,000 to make its mortgage payment. The organization is trying to pay off a bond used to pay for a new facility. The facility still has $2.4 million to pay off. The Humane Society is trying to figure out its money troubles so it won’t be going month to month.
- The Denver Broncos will break ground Tuesday on an expansion of their Dove Valley headquarters. The facility will now include a new indoor field house with a full-length field, locker room, meeting area and upgrades to the Paul D. Bowlen Memorial Broncos Center. Fans will notice a difference during training camp in 2015. A larger public viewing area will be accompanied by additional parking and improved restroom facilities. the Broncos say the goal of the renovations is to make their facilities among the best in all of professional sports.
- Denver police would like the public’s help with more information about how a man found lying in a street died. According to police, on Nov. 14 George Jackson was found lying in the 2200 block of Lawrence Street unconscious. “He was taken to the hospital and died the following day,” police said in a statement. “The Denver police are requesting any person who saw what caused Mr. Jackson to become unconscious to contact Crime Stoppers.” Police said it’s unknown if Jackson was the victim of a crime.
- State exchange enrollments for new health insurance still lag, but high demand for expanded Medicaid has pushed total signups for reform benefits beyond 53,000, a new count shows.
- The Castle Rock Town Council Tuesday night will weigh how best to manage the noise from train horns in the community.
