Newcastle News

Newcastle Fire Protection District engines and equipment are currently being housed in a condemned fire station, which county officials say they will eventually be required to vacate.

Bob Stearns, chairman of the Newcastle Fire Protection District board, right, and Newcastle Fire Battalion Chief Jay Love, left, talk about the conditions of their condemned firehouse in front of the camper that firefighters now sleep in.

Tucked away behind underbrush, the 711-foot-long Tunnel Zero is a little-known oddity of the Auburn area - a tunnel to nowhere.

With two weeks to go before the candidate filing period begins Feb. 13, candidates opposing incumbents Kirk Uhler, Jennifer Montgomery and Jim Holmes have already been identified.

Newcastle fireman Cameron Gibson and fire Captain Wayne Hickock hang out in the trailer located in the parking lot next to the firehouse, which is deemed unsuitable for living.

Matt Mastrella of The Little Fish Company entices people at the Foothills Farmers Market with the fresh-caught Dungeness crab now in season.

At Twin Peaks Orchards in Newcastle, the bitter cold expected Monday night is going to take a toll in both fruit and trees.