Category Archives: Hastings News
Snow accumulation possible Friday and Saturday across central Nebraska
KEARNEY - Snow accumulations are possible across south central Nebraska on Friday and Saturday. National Weather Service - Hastings notes that their warning area will see at least some snow. NWS Hasti...
Nov 22, 2023 Brian Neben, Courtesy
Hastings College students present at Nebraska Psychological Society conference
HASTINGS - Hastings College students Riley Lanning of Glendale, Arizona; Nils Schaefer of Rheinbach, Germany; and Sasha Richards of Hastings, Nebraska, presented their original research November 18 at...
Nov 21, 2023 Hastings College (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
City of Hastings Thanksgiving closures
HASTINGS - Many City of Hastings offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 23-24, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Front desk services will be unavailable at the Hastings Police De...
Nov 20, 2023 City of Hastings Offices (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
Gloomy start to week, good travel weather for Thanksgiving, light snow possible Friday
KEARNEY - It will be a chilly and gloomy start to the week as light precipitation and overcast skies lingers into the evening. There appears to be good travel weather for Thanksgiving, followed by a c...
Nov 20, 2023 Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today
New City of Hastings Assistant City Administrator selected
The City of Hastings is pleased to announce the selection of Mark Funkey as Assistant City Administrator. "The Assistant City Administrator is a very important position for me and for the City," City ...
Nov 20, 2023 Mark Funkey (City of Hastings, Courtesy)
City of Hastings to host strategic plan community focus meetings
HASTINGS - The City of Hastings is hosting strategic plan community focus meetings on Nov. 30 and Dec. 5. On Nov. 30, City Council First Ward representatives Jeniffer Beahm and Steve Huntley will hold...
Nov 20, 2023 Hastings, Nebraska, Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today
Zero precipitation last week leads to no change in drought conditions
KEARNEY - There was practically no precipitation across Central Nebraska during the last week, conditions which haven't done anything to help the lingering drought conditions. "The Nov. 9-15 period fe...
Nov 17, 2023 A pocket of the most severe drought conditions, exceptional or D4, remains across Nance, Merrick, Polk, Hall, Hamilton, York, Adams, Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls and Thayer counties. (U.S. Drought Monitor, Courtesy)
BNSF Railway Pine, Hastings Ave. crossings reopen in Hastings
HASTINGS - The BNSF Railway crossings at Hastings and Pine avenues reopened on Monday, Nov. 13. The work was done by Ben Engel Construction of Hastings. Hastings Avenue was closed mid-May and Pine Ave...
Nov 16, 2023 The Hastings and Pine Avenue BNSF Railway crossings are now open. (City of Hastings, Courtesy)
Updated Burlington Ave. traffic signals in Hastings
HASTINGS - The Nebraska Department of Transportation will soon begin updating several traffic signals on Burlington Avenue between Seventh Street and North Shore Drive, adding protected left turn sign...
Nov 16, 2023 City of Hastings, Courtesy
Hastings man sentenced for conspiracy to distribute meth
HASTINGS - Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Armando Ibarra, 50, of Hastings, was sentenced Nov. 6, 2023, in federal court in Lincoln, Nebraska for conspiracy to distribute metha...
Nov 16, 2023 Tingey Injury Law Firm / Unsplash