A friendly reminder: Please use your vehicle when using our drive-thru window at our business office, rather than walking up to the window in the driving lane. This is for your safety, as other drivers may not be expecting a pedestrian standing in the drive-thru lane, and we would hate for anyone to get hurt. Thank you!

Fisher Fountain is getting some much-needed care after mechanical failures plagued it all last summer. https://www.cityofhastings.org/…/city-council-approves-con…/

Employees here at Hastings Utilities are proud to have donated 227 pounds of food to the Hastings Museum for the Tri-City Food Fight! Instead of competing against the Stuhr Museum in Grand Island and The Archway in Kearney, this year they are working together with a collective goal of bringing two tons of food to local food pantries.

Hastings Utilities has found the source of the gas odor at 1st street and Burlington. The issue has been resolved.

Its has been reported to Hastings Utilities of a strong gas odor around 1st street and Burlington area. Gas Dept is in the area to investigate the cause of the odor.

Please make sure to move your vehicles from downtown streets tonight!A snow emergency will be in effect from 10 p.m. Tuesday to 9 a.m. Wednesday for the downtown area only. Please move your vehicles from the streets during that time so we can get all the snow and ice cleared!

Water Main on Richmond between Park Lane and Elmwood has been repaired.

Hastings Utilities has a water main break on Richmond Ave between Park Lane and Elmwood. Crews are on site.

Merry Christmas from all of us at Hastings Utilities! While our offices are closed as we spend some time with our loved ones, we'll still be ready in case you need us for an emergency today.

The wind is howling and with it comes the risk of galloping power lines and outages. Please report any outages you experience at https://www.cityofhastings.org/huoutages and remember to stay away from downed power lines.

We want to remind you that our business office will close at noon tomorrow and will be closed all day on Christmas Day. Emergency utility services will still be available. We hope you all have a safe and happy holiday!

We've been made aware of scam calls coming to our customers. The scammers are threatening to shut off customers' utilities within 30-40 minutes unless they agree to be transferred to a billing department for payment. We do not operate in this manner. If you believe you are being contacted by a scammer, hang up and dial our utilities department back at 402-463-1371. Please note that scammers can disguise their caller ID to look like our number, but when you call back at our number they cannot intercept the call.

UPDATE: Great news! Water has been restored faster than expected. ORIGINAL: Crews are working to repair a broken water main in the area of B Street and Baltimore Avenue. Water is expected to be shut off for about 3 hours for customers on B Street between Baltimore and Garfield Avenues, and on Boston Avenue between A and B Streets. Please plan your evenings accordingly, and we will work as quickly as possible!

A crew has been dispatched to a power outage on W. E Street between Kansas and Colorado Avenues. We’ll work as fast as we can to save your turkey and stuffing!

Don't forget that if you still have fallen branches from last week's storm, you can take them to the landfill for free through Saturday.

Crews are working on outages near Hastings College at this time, but have not yet identified the cause.

Water has been restored on 12th Street from Saunders to Webster

Don't forget that our new drive-thru is now open at 1228 N. Denver Ave! The old drive-thru at City Hall will no longer be staffed, so make sure you head up north to pay your bills.

There was a water main break early this morning, and water has been shut off on 12th St between Saunders and Webster for repairs. We do not have a root cause or number of customers affected at this time, but we thank you once again for your patience.