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Utility Access bill pay portal now live

The new Utility Access bill pay portal is now live. As part of that everyone is receiving a new Customer Identification Number.  Customers can access the new Online Bill pay through Utility Access at:  https://www.municipalonlinepayments.com/cityofhastingsne/utilities Saved bookmarks in customers’ browsers will also need to be updated. Updated payment…

HPD wins 2025 Battle of the Badges blood donation competition

Hastings Police Department won the 2025 Battle of the Badges blood drive competition with 63 votes, compared to 56 votes for Hastings Fire & Rescue. There were 110 donors including eight Power Red donations (platelets). Power Red donations count as a second vote, for a total of 118 votes.  This is HPD’s first victory in the competition between the…

Make it Click survey shows increase in seatbelt usage locally

The Hastings Police Department participated in the Nebraska Department of Transportation’s statewide “Make it Click” mobilization May 12 thru June 1. The Department was awarded grant money for Officers to work overtime hours conducting traffic violation enforcement and subsequent seatbelt and child restraint violation enforcement. A pre-event survey…

June 3 open house to focus on Micro-TIF

The City of Hastings will hold a community open house, 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 3 at Hastings Fire & Rescue Station 2, 1145 S. Hastings Ave, to discuss the City’s new Micro-TIF program, which begins in June. First Ward Hastings City Council representatives Steve Huntley and Mike Anderson are hosting the event on June 3. The First Ward includes South…

Battle of the Badges set for June 5

Hastings’ first responders are once again turning the need for blood donations into a friendly competition. Hastings Fire and Rescue and Hastings Police Department will be competing in the seventh-annual Battle of the Badges Blood Drive on Thursday, June 5.  The 2024 Hastings Competition was won by Hastings Fire and Rescue, 75 to 61 units.  The competition…