KEARNEY – The 2020 Nebraska Thriving Index shows the Tri-Cities area is a top-performing rural region, ranking second among peer regions in the Upper Midwest. Residents of the Tri-Cities area, which includes Kearney, Grand Island and Hastings, experience a high quality of life, strong population growth and generational renewal, healthy economic opportunities and diversity and good cost-competitiveness and infrastructure, according to the index. The Nebraska Thriving … [Read more...] about Tri-Cities region ranks high on Nebraska Thriving Index