City of Hastings Information

Hastings is a lively and progressive city with a population of 25,000, and located in the agricultural heartland of south-central Nebraska. Here you'll find an interesting mix of commerce and industry, first-rate healthcare offerings, athletic and cultural opportunities, and plenty of ways to invest your valuable time and talents. Hastings provides impressive post-secondary and adult educational opportunities, including Hastings College, one of the leading liberal arts colleges in the country, and the Central Community College-Hastings Campus. The result is a highly educated and involved citizenry that drives the city's economy, culture, and daily life. The Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History - with its Lied Super Screen Theatre - is the largest municipal museum between Lincoln and Denver. With a wide variety of citywide events and festivals, a bustling shopping scene, three golf courses (including one that is PGA-certified), a world-class softball facility, beautiful parks, a local race track, easy access to the timeless spectacle of migrating Sandhill cranes, and so much more, Hastings will keep you engaged for a weekend, a month, or a lifetime. City of Hastings offers a wide variety of employment opportunities including full-time firefighters and paramedics as well as law enforcement and 911 dispatcher positions. Library, museum, finance, administrative, human resources, parks and recreation, street, and cemetery positions are also available. The City of Hastings provides full utilities; therefore, gas, water, electric production, electric distribution, and pollution control positions exist.