Today Increasing clouds, with a high near 58. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the morning.
Tonight A slight chance of rain before 11pm, then snow. Low around 25. Light and variable wind becoming north 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
- A single-engine plane heading from California to Aspen crashed Tuesday night in Delta County , killing the pilot.
- Two Colorado cantaloupe farmers who pleaded guilty to charges related to a deadly listeria outbreak met Tuesday with some of the family members of people who got sick or died
- Federal authorities in charge of saving wolves from extinction ignited outrage Tuesday when they made their case to end protection of gray wolves
- On the U.S. House of Representatives floor Tuesday, Rep. Jared Polis ripped Colorado's state regulations involving hydraulic fracturing, saying the growth of fracking in the state "without common-sense federal guidelines, without common-sense state guidelines" has caused friction for his constituents.
- A Boulder man who was bicycling at north Lake Tahoe last week remains in critical condition after he was struck by an SUV in a hit-and-run accident near Carnelian Bay
- A proposed high-speed rail system from Fort Collins to DIA and then south to Colorado Springs would cost about $9.8 billion and carry roughly 13 million passengers a year, according to planners Tuesday night.
- Developers broke ground Tuesday on a new dining district in Denver’s Lowry neighborhood. The new attraction will be located at Hanger No. 2 near Lowry Boulevard and Rampart Way.
- Aurora has joined the effort to try and quickly find drivers involved in hit-and-run accidents. The city is now the latest city to participate in the “Medina Alert Program.” Alerts are sent out so everyone can be on the lookout for a hit-and-run driver.
- The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says there have been four new cases of a thief or thieves getting into homes through dog doors since CBS4 first reported the story on Nov. 6.
- Colorado legislative leaders say there’s not enough evidence to settle a complaint against a gun lobbyist accused of threatening a lawmaker to influence her vote.
- Prosecutors have decided not to pursue a third trial for a Texas man accused of killing his wife near the couple’s Colorado vacation home. Juries in two Colorado counties previously considered the allegations against Frederick Mueller, but did not reach a unanimous verdict. Prosecutors announced Tuesday they were dismissing the case, canceling a third trial that was scheduled for January.
- An Arapahoe County judge has scheduled a Thursday morning hearing to discuss a prosecution request that the Aurora movie theater gunman undergo another psychiatric evaluation.
- As Austin Sigg was sentenced on Tuesday to a life behind bars, a judge and prosecutor said Sigg himself offered the best word to describe what he had done to Jessica Ridgeway: evil.
