The average price for a gallon of gas in Kitsap County rose to
$2.89 Monday, up 16 cents from a month earlier and up about a
dollar from last December.
The price of gas in Kitsap County on Monday was 28 center highe
than the national average for a gallon of unleaded gas.
Nationally and locally, the price has generally been creeping up
since last December. In Kitsap County, the price hovered around
$2.85 a gallon.
Nationally on Monday, the state with the most expensive gas was
Hawaii, where getting around cost about $3.32 a gallon.
The state with the cheapest gas was South Carolina, where it was
$2.36 a gallon.
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