The Carson City School Board will meet next Tuesday to discuss extending the contract of Superintendent Richard Stokes.

The board will also review Stokes' job performance over the past year, and discuss his goals for 2012.

The meeting will be held on Dec. 27 at 7 p.m. at in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center. You can see the live video here. The full agenda is below:

The Carson High School Chamber Choir - the most advanced group of choir students at the high school - gave an impromptu, and much applauded, selection of Christmas and Hanukkah music to the surprised (and delighted) patrons and employees of the Department of Motor Vehicles this Thursday afternoon. This is the third year they have appeared at the DMV.

The ski resort industry drives much of the Lake Tahoe economy during the winter. Despite the lack of snow, tourism hasn't slowed down yet. Go here for the story and video from KOLO Reno News Channel 8.

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Cold weather exercise has its drawbacks. Some of the drawbacks are mental. But a lot of them are physical. Cold stiff muscles don’t lend themselves to quick fitness and sports moves. A person’s range of motion also takes a big dip when it’s cold.

The human body functions best within a very narrow range of outside temperature, usually between 65 and 75 degrees with a humidity reading of about 45 percent. The further you get from this ideal temperature range, the harder it becomes for your body to compensate.