Reader picks for the Top Five Stories of 2012

You've already read the Courier-Herald's staff picks for the top stories of the year (and if you haven't, click through to Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 or Part 4). But what about your picks?

You’ve already read the Courier-Herald’s staff picks for the top stories of the year (and if you haven’t, click through to Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 or Part 4). But what about your picks?

Here are the Top 5 reader picks for 2012, based on web traffic to blscourierherald.com for the year:

1. Bonney Lake High sophomore drowns in Lake Tapps

2. Crash on West Tapps sends one to trauma center

3. Season tied for deadliest ever after third drowning on Lake Tapps

4. Shocked by drowning, a community turns grief to action

5. 13 things you may not know about Initiative 502