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Gas Prices On Rise Again

Kent Peach of Medical Lake fills his car up with gas costing $2.15 a gallon on Wednesday in Coeur d'Alene. Although the price of gas is rising, he still buys his gas in Idaho whenever he can. (Coeur d'Alene Press photo: Hans Koepsell)

Pamela Johnson knew something was up when she rolled into a Coeur d'Alene gas station on Wednesday. The Coeur d'Alene woman took a glance at the cash price for gas — $2.09 per gallon - and reflected on how she paid 50 cents less just a month ago. "I knew those prices that we had were just too good to last," said Johnson while filling her tank. "I suspected that they'd head back up, but was hoping they wouldn't for a while longer." An ExxonMobil refinery fire and explosion in Torrance, Calif., on Feb. 18 ignited a sharp increase in gas prices, and the effect rippled to Idaho, said Dave Carlson, AAA Idaho spokesman/Brian Walker, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here.

Question: How high do you expect gas prices to go?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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