Diesel Prices tick up to start the New Year

As we welcome in a new year, diesel prices have moved higher.  According to AAA, the national average for a gallon of diesel moved up four cents in the past week to $2.50, Washington's diesel price moved up to $2.78 a gallon, an increase of four cents over the past week.  Meanwhile, Oregon's prices for diesel increased three cents in the past week to $2.61.

Here are some of the lowest diesel prices we could find across the Inland Northwest:

• $2.71 a gallon in the Tri Cities
• $2.68 a gallon in Wenatchee
• $2.59 a gallon in Quincy
• $2.71 a gallon in Walla Walla
• $2.65 a gallon in Yakima
• $2.67 a gallon in Moses Lake
• $2.54 a gallon in Pendleton

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