For the third straight week gas prices are up. In the Beaumont/Port Arthur area, prices are up
12 cents from a week ago to $1.78 a gallon. A month ago we were paying $1.58. The statewide
average is up 15 cents to $1.81. This morning’s national average for a gallon of gas is up nine
cents to $2.09. These averages are compiled daily by Triple A Texas.