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April Ends with Most Expensive National Gas Price Average Since 2014

Hitting $2.81, today’s national gas price average has reached the highest price per gallon since November 2014. Today’s national gas price average is 16-cents more expensive than last month and 43-cents more expensive that last year at this time. This year’s pump prices will not be reminiscent of 2014, but for motorists, filling-up is packing an unwanted punch to wallets. […]

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South Carolinians Feeling the Effects of Hurricane Harvey at the Pump

Gas prices continue to rise as an effect of Hurricane Harvey. In South Carolina, the statewide average is $2.26 – a seven cent increase overnight and a 20 cent increase since before Harvey. At $2.45, today’s national gas price average is the highest recorded price for a gallon of unleaded gasoline so far this year. The near-term combinations of numerous […]

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Carolinians Kick Off Summer Travel With Lowest Gas Prices In Decades

AAA Carolinas projects an estimated 485,400 South Carolina motorists will travel this Memorial Day weekend, the highest Memorial Day travel volume on record. Spurred by the lowest gas prices in more than a decade, about 31,605 more Carolinians will travel compared to last year. The Memorial Day holiday travel period is defined as Thursday, May 26 to Monday, May 30. “Carolinians are […]

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Labor Day Gas Prices Lowest In A Decade For South Carolina

Falling gas prices and an improving economy are contributing to an increase in Labor Day holiday travel for the third straight year for South Carolinians, making it the highest number of travelers in seven years, according to AAA Carolinas. More than 455,500 Palmetto state residents – a 1% increase from 2014 – are expected to travel 50 miles or more […]