Category Archives: Hastings News
Nebraska Department of Labor report on central Nebraska labor availability
LINCOLN - NDOL has compiled survey data from households and businesses to produce Labor Availability and Hiring Needs Reports for Grand Island, Hastings, Kearney, and Lexington. The reports cover resp...
Nov 03, 2023 Maxime Agnelli / Unsplash
City of Hastings Veterans Day office closures
HASTINGS - The City of Hastings offices will be closed on Friday, Nov. 10, in observance of Veterans Day. Front desk services will be unavailable at: Hastings Police Department Hastings Fire and Rescu...
Nov 03, 2023 Hastings, Nebraska, Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today
City of Hastings looking for 911 dispatchers
HASTINGS - The City of Hastings' Emergency Operations Center is looking for candidates who are the right fit to fill open 911 Dispatcher positions. There are currently four open positions. The Emergen...
Nov 03, 2023 City of Hastings, Courtesy
Hastings Parks and Recreation Department Halloween contest winners
HASTINGS - Winners of two Hastings Parks and Recreation Halloween competitions were announced Tuesday afternoon. Beverly Faughtenbery of 1914 W. Fifth St. won the Hastings Parks and Recreation's 2023 ...
Nov 02, 2023 Hastings Parks and Recreation, Courtesy
Public asked to avoid Hastings City Hall building during asbestos removal
HASTINGS - Great Plains Asbestos Control of Kearney recently began removal of asbestos-containing materials and mold remediation in the City Hall building at 220 N. Hastings Ave. Large, rollaway recep...
Nov 02, 2023 Hastings City Building (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
Sharp divide between east-west, north-south for October precipitation across central Nebraska
KEARNEY - Rainfall - and some snowfall - amounts for October have been tallied for central Nebraska and the results show a sharp divide between east-west and north and south. Most of the National Weat...
Nov 02, 2023 National Weather Service - Hastings, Courtesy
Hastings man identified as subject killed in officer-involved shooting with Seward Co. deputy
LINCOLN - The Nebraska State Patrol Special Investigations Team has now been able to positively identify and provide next of kin notification for the subject involved in the officer-involved shooting ...
Nov 01, 2023 Nebraska State Patrol, (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
Hastings Public Library partners with Tri City Storm to host Story Time with Stormy the Yeti
HASTINGS - The Hastings Public Library joins with the Tri City Storm to host mascot, Stormy, for a special story time on Wednesday, Nov. 8 at 5:30 p.m. Stormy the Yeti will visit the Children's Floor ...
Oct 31, 2023 Hastings Public Library, (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
Single digit wind chills Halloween morning, warming trend rest of the week
KEARNEY - The cold start to the work week will continue Tuesday, with wind chills in the single digits to start Halloween. However, there will be a warming trend with highs in the 60s by Friday. A hig...
Oct 30, 2023 A snow shower moves through Odessa during early evening of Sunday, Oct. 29. (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
Halloween weather in central Nebraska, history and extremes
GRAND ISLAND - Not surprisingly, weather conditions on Oct. 31 can vary dramatically from one year to the next in south central Nebraska. Just in the past 30 years, high temperatures in Grand Island h...
Oct 27, 2023 Clint Patterson / Unsplash