“Drivers will end 2008 with the lowest gas prices in nearly five years. The national average for regular unleaded drops four cents this week to $1.62, while Oregon′s average increases half a cent to $1.74. The national average hasn′t been this low since January 2004, while Oregon′s average is at its lowest point since February 2004." AAA Oregon …
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BOISE – Idaho′s gas and diesel prices set record marks over the weekend, according to AAA Idaho, pushing the average price for regular grade gasoline to $3.286 and diesel to $4.08 a gallon. Based on AAA′s Daily Fuel Gauge Report (www.fuelgaugereport.com), Idaho′s average price for a gallon of regular grade gasoline is $3.286, two-tenths of …
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“The price of gas drops several cents again this week, with the national average and the Oregon average both at $3.01 per gallon for regular unleaded.” AAA Oregon Public Affairs Director Marie Dodds says, ” The national average is down five cents this week, while Oregon′s average has dropped five and one half cents. The …
BOISE – Three-dollar gasoline is back, and Idaho′s average diesel price has topped $3.64 for the first time ever, generating more questions than answers and uncertainty about where the markets will be a month from now, according to AAA Idaho. “Gas prices are rising to catch up with crude oil prices that closed above $95 …
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In the past week, the national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline rose by a little more than two cents to $2.81. Oregon′s statewide average, however, rose by more than six cents to $2.88. Hawaii and Alaska currently are the only states with average prices above $3 per gallon, but it′s likely by …
BOISE – A nationwide survey of a thousand teen drivers by AAA and Seventeen magazine shows that nearly half admit to text messaging while driving, while 66 percent say they have exceeded the speed limit by 10 miles per hour or more. The survey, featured in Seventeen magazine′s August issue, on newsstands July 10, shows …
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BOISE – Idaho gas prices took motorists, municipalities and businesses for a more expensive ride in 2006, averaging about a quarter more per gallon than the year prior and setting record high prices in the process, according to AAA Idaho. Based on average daily prices computed throughout the year and averaged each month, AAA said …
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After 2 months of steady decline, the Oregon average price for a gallon of regular gasoline suddenly reversed itself, closing the week almost 8 cents higher than a week ago at $2.49. The national average price, which began its downward trend in mid-August, rose less than 4 cents per gallon in the same time period …
As the national average gasoline price backed off by about 4 cents to $3 per gallon during the past week, Oregon′s average price went up by almost a nickel to $3.04. “Essentially, we still have the same forces driving the price of crude oil, which dipped slightly, closing Monday at less than $74 per barrel …
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