Gas prices in valley jump 38 cents a gallon since last month, AAA reports

Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013 | 2 p.m.

The average price for a gallon of gas in Nevada has skyrocketed to $3.54, up 38 cents from a month ago, according to the latest AAA Nevada monthly gas survey. In fact, the average price for Nevada's regular unleaded gasoline saw the biggest increase in the nation this past week, jumping 18 cents. Among major metropolitan cities, Las Vegas' gas price increase was among the highest in the nation, surpassed only by Phoenix (51-cent increase) and Los Angeles (50-cent increase). AAA attributed the price increases to several issues. “Dramatic increases like those experienced since mid-January typically result from escalating geopolitical ...

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By summerof69

Feb. 12, 2013

8:57 p.m.

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Good deal. Maybe we can get some low income and their junk, uninsured smoke bomb cars off the road.
By doogie (robert duggan)

Feb. 13, 2013

1:02 a.m.

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The problem is that I know many people who were scratching to find a job in this rotten Vegas economy, and ended up getting a job on the other side of town, burning gas. Bar tenders and cocktail waitresses mostly. Plus they are getting part time jobs with no bennies and have to be on call, waiting for the phone to ring, or they get canned. We live in casino Hell..
By fedup2here (Kenny Rogers)

Feb. 13, 2013

11:47 a.m.

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Helloooo, The election is over time to get back to buisiness as usual. Big oil is gonna shove it to us because we will pay it. When everybody pulls thier head out of the sand and unites against big oil they will stop robbing us. WE have to stand together and totally boycott one oil company at a time and I mean totally, they will drop prices to compete and the others will follow , without doing that we are powerless and they have the upperhand. Not buying gas for a day does absolutely nothing to them, not buying gas at all hurts em and we reverse the supply and demand rule . Ahhh never mind it wont happen.