Diesel Prices Continue Slow Increase

Fuel prices continue to trickle higher as we move in to mid-January.

The average for a gallon of diesel increased more than two cents in the past week, to $2.93 a gallon, meanwhile Washington’s average held steady this week at $3.15 a gallon, while Oregon’s rate increased roughly one cent to $3.05 a gallon.

As far as the lowest local prices we could find:

• $3.06 a gallon in the Tri-Cities
• $3.09 a gallon in Walla Walla
• $2.99 a gallon in Yakima
• $3.05 a gallon in Wenatchee
• $2.98 a gallon in Quincy
• $2.99 a gallon in Moses Lake
• $2.79 a gallon in Pendleton

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