Checking our weekly Friday at the pump shows the average price for a gallon of gas in the Beaumont/Port
Arthur area is $3.24, which is up two cents from last week. A year ago on April 21st we were paying $3.74
a gallon. The statewide average actually dropped three cents to $3.32. This morning’s national average is
up two cents to $3.68 a gallon. These averages are from Triple A Texas.