Last year will be remembered by many as the year of the e-book. Chances are, if you didn’t purchase an electronic reader (e-reader) for yourself in 2011, you received one for Christmas or know someone who did.

Two incumbents and one newcomer were voted onto the Carson City Council on Tuesday. Incumbent Thomas J. McCrackin, 53, earned the most votes with 101 while fellow incumbent Starr Miller, 79, finished third with 61. Newcomer Pamela Pelz finished second with 68 votes.

At least four Carson City businesses were violently burglarized recently.

Entering two-by-two, dressed in royal blue and silver robes, it was evident just how excited the class of 2012 was to graduate from Carson City-Crystal High School when Nathan LaVictor scooped up fellow graduate and best friend Shelby Kipp in his arms and carried her to their seats before sitting down. The two were part of 77 anxious seniors who walked through the doors of the school gymnasium one final time before becoming official graduates of Carson City-Crystal High School.