The Nebraska Department of Transportation is updating the traffic signals on Burlington Avenue at Second, Third, Seventh, Ninth, 12th, 14th and 16th Streets as well as at North Shore Drive. 

The updating of traffic signals is anticipated to be three or four days per location. 

The first change to traffic signals occurred when the signals at Second Street and Burlington Avenue were…

The Hastings Public Library is bringing back the annual Winter Reading Program Dec. 20, 2023 through Jan. 12, 2024. The program is a 24-day reading challenge with the theme Game On! to ring in 2024 and celebrate the upcoming 2024 Summer Olympics.

The program is divided into four age groups: Toddlers and Kids, 7 and younger; Tweens, 8-12; Teens, 13-17; and Adults, 18 and older. Each group…

Hastings Utilities wants to remind customers it continues to replace existing residential electric meters with smart meters throughout the Hastings community.

To date, two years into the replacement project, about 7,100 out of around 13,500 smart meters have been installed. The entire replacement project is anticipated to take about four years to complete.

The location of meter replacements…

To keep the public up to date on snow removal efforts, the City of Hastings is launching an online snowplow tracking system.

The tracking system gives the almost-real time location of city snow-removal vehicles, and identifies with a color coded system where snow-removal vehicles have been. 

This information is intended to let the public know where snow removal has occurred.

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The Hastings Utilities Department and the Salvation Army are teaming up again this year to keep families warm all winter long.

The Share The Warmth program is back and runs from Dec. 1 to April 30.

The program provides security to those in the community who may be unable to afford their utility bill during the colder months. The program was designed in coordination with The Salvation…

Results from the City of Hastings’ multi-page community survey are now available on the City’s website.
 
The community survey is part of the strategic planning process, which will be used to prioritize efforts, effectively allocate resources, align shareholders and employees on the organization’s goals, and ensure those goals are backed by data and sound reasoning. The strategic plan…

As the Nebraska Department of Transportation updates traffic signals on Burlington Avenue, work zone traffic control is being revised for the safety of motorists while signals are out-of-service during the update process.

Work also includes updating traffic signals at Second, Third, Ninth, 14th and 16th Streets as well as North Shore Drive.

The traffic signals at Second Street and…

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 Department, Hastings Fire and Rescue, Administration, Finance, Development Services, Hastings Utilities Department, Hastings Municipal Airport, Parks and Recreation Department and Hastings Public Library.…

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 Administrator Shawn Metcalf said. “It was imperative to find someone who had the right knowledge, skills, and abilities; someone who exhibited servant leadership, authenticity, transparency,…

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 Avenue after that.

Lee Vrooman, Director of Engineering for the City of Hastings, gave an update on the crossings while presenting the one- and six-year street improvement plan during the 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 signals.

Members of the Hastings City Council in December 2021 approved an agreement with the Nebraska Department of Transportation to add and upgrade left-turn along North Burlington Avenue, which is also…

Public meetings, including the Hastings City Council, Hastings Planning Commission and Hastings Utility Advisory Board will now be held at the Hastings Municipal Airport Terminal at 3300 W. 12th St. 

The Hastings Library Advisory Board and Hastings Museum Board will continue meeting at their respective locations of the Hastings Public Library and Hastings Museum.  

The Utility Board…

The east, northbound lane of Burlington Avenue is scheduled to close between South Street and A Street for approximately two hours on Tuesday, Nov. 14.

The closure, which is scheduled to occur 8:30-10:30 a.m., is to facilitate efforts from Johnson Service of Kearney to clean and inspect with cameras, the sewer system in southwest Hastings. The entire project area is south of the BNSF Railway…

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 Emergency Operations Center has the capability to staff 12 dispatchers.

Dispatchers operate radio, telephone, or computer equipment at the Emergency Response Center; receive reports from the public of…

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 Rescue

·         Administration and finance departments

·         Development Services

·…

Winners of two Hastings Parks and Recreation Halloween competitions were announced Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 31. 

Beverly Faughtenbery of 1914 W. Fifth St. won the Hastings Parks and Recreation’s 2023 Halloween Light Fight competition.

As winner, Faughtenbery received $30 in Chamber Bucks, a trophy and picture of her home in the Hastings Tribune.  

Faughtenbery’s home was one…

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 receptacles have been placed on the south side of the building as part of the removal process. 

The City of Hastings is requesting the public not to park near, and stay clear, of the areas directly…

The Hastings Public Library joins with the Tri City Storm to host mascot, Stormy, for a special story time 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 8.

Stormy the Yeti will visit the Children’s Floor to read two stories that feature yetis, Not Yeti by Kelli DiPucchio and Bedtime for Yeti by Vin Vogel. After story time, attendants will do a yeti themed craft with Stormy and Tri City Storm with pictures…

Restrooms at Hastings city parks will close Friday, Oct. 27 for the winter season. Outdoor drinking fountains will also be turned off at this time. 

Restrooms will be closed during the day on Friday while Hastings Parks and Recreation staff take on winterization throughout the day. 

The closures include restrooms at the following parks: 

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The City of Hastings encourages motorists to remain attentive while driving.

Hastings has had 24 poles and two electrical boxes struck by vehicles this year through September. Eleven of the poles had to be replaced and the others required some repairs to wires and equipment.

Those numbers are consistent with past years. 

Some poles can be replaced in four hours or less, such…