As consultations begin, Westmorland and Furness chiefs claim a £6m cost to refurbishing care homes.
Westmorland and Furness council says all options are open and recognises it is a sensitive issue.
Windermere's Applethwaite Green Care Home and Grisedale Croft Care Home in Alston could both close.
The future of care homes in Windermere and Alston will be discussed behind closed doors.
A business which installed a Morley's Defib Appeal device says it was the "best money" it had spent.
Hikers will be able to tackle the 120 mile (193km) trail which will take eight to 17 days.
Wintry weather is likely to make driving conditions worse at Hartside Pass in Cumbria.
Work by Alston Moor poet Nowell Oxland are published 110 years after his death in World War One.
People in rural Cumbria are concerned about losing their analogue phones, which work in a power cut.
