GAS PRICES HOLD STEADY

  

The average price of a gallon of gas in Texas stayed the same over the past week.

According to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch, the average price of a gallon of regulary unleaded in Texas is $2.61—the same as last year, and 48 cents more per gallon compared to this day last year.

Locally, the average price for a gallon of gas is $2.63—with a low of $2.55 and a high of $2.79.

Of the major metropolitan areas surveyed in Texas, drivers in Midland are paying the most on average at $3.06 while drivers in Amarillo and Wichita Falls are paying the least at $2.50 per gallon.

The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is $2.83, which is two cents less than this day last week and 49 cents more than the price per gallon at this same time last year.