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Gas Price Inches Closer To $2 Per Gallon, That Mark Already Reached in West Jefferson, Roan Mountain

In Vilas, gas is $2.09 per gallon, one of the cheapest stations in Watauga. Photo by Jesse Wood
In Vilas, gas is $2.09 per gallon, one of the cheapest stations in Watauga. Photo by Jesse Wood

By Jesse Wood

Jan. 23, 2015. While commuters in West Jefferson and Roan Mountain, Tenn., are seeing gas prices under $2, most of the High Country is looking at prices between $2.10 and $2.30.

According to AAA’s Daily Fuel Gauge Report, the national average is $2.03 on Friday. More than half of the states are averaging under $2. North Carolina is average $2.10 per gallon.

These prices are definitely favorable compared to the highs during Memorial Day Weekend last year, when gas was more than $3.70 per gallon. Drivers are saving more than $19 to fill up a 12-gallon tank or nearly $29 to fill up an 18-gallon tank today (at $2.10) as compared to Memorial Day Weekend (at $3.70).

See prices in and around Boone below and national averages of all 50 states, according to www.northcarolinagasprices.com and AAA’s Daily Fuel Gauge Report.

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