Hastings News

Several professional photographers will be on hand later this month at a Hastings symposium to help amateurs improve their skills.

Lucrative land sales are a growing trend across the country. With high prices for corn, soybeans and other commodities translating into record income, prices for farmland also have shot through the roof.

Chris Johnson of Conway, Pauley & Johnson law firm in Hastings planned to testify in favor of LB844 this afternoon at a judiciary committee hearing.

Heavy snow over the weekend caused the top to break off of this tree on East 7th Street in Hastings.

Employees at the Hastings office of the Department of Health and Human Services will be laid off as part of the state's movement toward centralized customer service centers.

Brooklyn Molitor, 4, puts a spoon in her bowl of chili, held by her mom, Melanie Strong, during a chili cookoff at Bullseye's Bar and Grill Sunday in Hastings.

Packing the snow into a ball shape, Jackson Bruns, 3, and his mom Becky Bruns build a snowman in their front yard Saturday afternoon in Hastings.

These people all have one thing in common - they want to turn their lives around.

Hastings residents will pay higher property taxes in 2012 than residents in any other first-class city in the state.

The essentials like bread, milk, produce and even chili beans were flying off the shelves at local grocery stores in preparation of a weekend of snow and football.

Although travel to Hastings on Thursday, February 2 will most likely be possible, the predicted decline in weather on Friday through Saturday may present a variety of "less than favorable" conditions for travel.

Snow plows sit idly by on the grounds of Adams County Public Works Wednesday. Though they haven't seen much action this winter that could change this weekend with large amounts of snowfall predicted for the area.

A potentially significant snowstorm capable of dumping 6 inches or more of snow in the Hastings area is expected to arrive late Thursday evening and continue well into Saturday.

The certified nurse midwife says she supports LB712, a controversial bill proposed by Malcolm Sen.

Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy at the governor's mansion in Lincoln last week. Under a couple of different scenarios, he could be Nebraska's governor at this time next year.

The xiphactinus, joining a tylosaurus, is the second piece in the Cretaceous sea exhibit.

A city maintainer opens Arapahoe Avenue Monday afternoon. A lack of new snow Monday allowed city crews begin clearing residential areas earlier than planned.

The newest member of the Nebraska Legislature has announced plans to seek a full term, after being appointed just this month.

Parks and Recreation Director Eric Christensen recommended that the council award a contract to Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture P.C. of Omaha for $108,000 for phase 2 of the renovation project and $36,000 for phase 3. Phase 2 will include bid documents, drawings and solicitations of bids.

With the increase of unemployment sweeping the nation, loss of benefits has become a growing problem.