Gas prices drop in Grant, Adams, rise nationally
NANCE BESTON | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 11 months, 1 week AGO
MOSES LAKE – Gas prices in Grant County, Adams County and Washington State saw a slight decrease. At the national level, there was around a two-cent increase from the previous week, according to AAA.
Both Grant and Adams Counties saw a slight decrease in gas prices this week at $4.28 and $4.17, respectively, according to AAA. Comparing last week to this week, there was a two-cent decrease for Grant County and a three-cent decrease for Adams County.
This is the second week in a row Adams County has seen a decrease, with prices sitting at $4.72 for the county two weeks ago. Grant County saw a slight increase the week prior from $4.28 to $4.30, but the price has dropped back to $4.28.
Washington as a whole remains one of the most expensive states to purchase gasoline from, with California at $4.78 and Hawaii at $4.49 having higher prices at the pump.
Statewide, there was a five-cent decrease on average from last week with prices sitting at $4.26. Last week's prices were four cents higher than two weeks ago. However, there has been a 13-cent decrease from one month ago and a 41-cent decrease from a year ago.
Nationally, gas prices saw a slight uptick of two cents in the average price from the previous week, with a national average of $3.17. However, this is around nine cents lower than a month ago and 48 cents cheaper than a year ago.
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