Spokane Blogs Roundup — 4/28/09

After plummeting from record highs late last year, prices have inched upward ever since January. That’s true across the board, but of course it’s often the differences in prices among regions that attract our attention — the steady difference of 15 to 20 cents a gallon between Spokane and Coeur d’Alene is the one that most often catches our attention. … Experts have said the difference results from a combination of factors: lower gas taxes in Idaho, generally higher wholesale gas prices as it’s pumped west from refineries in Montana, and the possibility that Washington gas retailers may have to raise their prices a bit to make up for business lost of Idaho/ Shawn Vestal , Everyday Economy. More here .

• Hooked on comics /Are We There Yet?
• More living well coupons /Frugal Chic Living
• “Star Trek”: Reasons why you’re still single /Just South of North
• Identity Redux /Nuts & Nonsense
• Encore for ‘17 Again’/ Vox Box
• More below, more coming

Question: Anyone mind that gas is 20 cents per gallon cheaper in Idaho than Washington?

• Burn, baby, burn + milk from heaven /Amateur Malcontent
• Praise for Spokane police officer /Community Comment
• Special session details being ironed out /Eye On Olympia
• Some like poetry /Gathering Around The Table
• Pigs now fly: Journalism at 2 levels /James McPherson
• Arlen Specter switches parties /NW Republican
• Sine Die kinda /Red County
• Redwood Highway scenic drive /RV Wheel Life
• Latah Bistro vegetarian feast /Spokane Food Blog

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