Category Archives: Hastings News
City of Hastings departments to hold D-Day celebrations
HASTINGS - The National Parks Service recently named Hastings a World War II Heritage City. This designation honors communities and their citizens who stepped into the workforce to support America's w...
May 28, 2024 CatherineL-Prod / Depositphotos.com
Half Hastings race to be held June 1
HASTINGS - Streets in Hastings will see hundreds of runners, and access will be limited at several intersections along routes, during the Half Hastings races on Saturday, June 1. The Half Hastings rac...
May 28, 2024 Half Hastings 5k map, (City of Hastings, Courtesy)
Storm damage clean up continues in Hastings
HASTINGS - Several City of Hastings departments are responding to the effects of the storm that passed through Hastings during the early morning hours of Friday, May 24. The hardest hit areas are betw...
May 28, 2024 Cemetery storm cleanup in Hastings on Friday, May 24, (City of Hastings, Courtesy)
Four tornadoes occur in south central Nebraska, EF-1 tracks through Holdrege
HOLDREGE - Four tornadoes were confirmed to have occurred during the late evening into early morning hours of Thursday, May 23 and Friday, May 24 across south central Nebraska. The first to occur was ...
May 25, 2024 A tree fallen by the EF-1 Holdrege tornado blocks a street in town, (Quin Becker, Courtesy)
NWS Hastings to survey areas in Phelps, Kearney, Adams Co. for possible tornado tracks
HASTINGS - Survey teams with the National Weather Service - Hastings will hit the road to survey areas in three central Nebraska counties to look for evidence of tornado tracks that possibly occurred ...
May 24, 2024 A view of the thunderstorm complex that would go on to spawn the EF-0 tornado near Cowles on Monday, May 6, (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
Central Nebraska students named as Hastings College 2024-25 Scott Scholars
Thanks to the addition of the Walter Scott, Jr. Community Leadership Challenge and the continued support and investment of the Suzanne and Walter Scott Foundation, the 2024-25 Scott Scholars class at ...
May 23, 2024 Hastings College (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
Central Nebraska Memorial Day weather history and extremes
HASTINGS - Memorial Day, once known as Decoration Day, has been observed on the last Monday in May since 1971, and thus ranges in date from May 25-3, prior to 1971, Memorial Day was always observed Ma...
May 23, 2024 Robb Cemetery in northern Gosper County, (Brian Neben, Courtesy)
Tri-Cities under Enhanced Risk for severe weather today into the overnight hours
KEARNEY - Central Nebraska is once again under the gun for severe weather, with the primary threats of severe winds and large hail occurring from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. The Storm Prediction Center in Norma...
May 23, 2024 An Enhanced Risk is in place across central Nebraska for Thursday, May 23, (NWS Hastings, Courtesy)
Work on Hastings' Parkview Cemetery will resume after Memorial Day
HASTINGS - While the current phase of the Parkview Cemetery paving project is not yet complete, paving of the main stretch of the project is done and ready for Memorial Day. Morten Construction of Kea...
May 21, 2024 The current paving project at Parkview Cemetery, (City of Hastings, Courtesy)
City of Hastings Memorial Day closures
HASTINGS - The City of Hastings offices will be closed on Monday, May 27 in observance of Memorial Day. Front desk services will be unavailable at the Administration, Development Services, Finance Has...
May 20, 2024 Hastings' Parkview Cemetery on Memorial Day 2021, (City of Hastings, Courtesy)