For some odd reason - poor economy maybe? - Steubenville has some of the cheapest gas in the region. One of the local news stories this week was about a station that was selling gas considerably lower than in other locations, and thus was drawing a line.

Oddly enough, gas this afternoon at the station that I pass by most days was $2.60, down nearly 29 cents from a recent high, and 4 cents from Friday. Other locations in Steubenville were $2.75 to $2.81 at that time, though by the time I came back home, a pair had dropped 10 cents to $2.65. Based on past trends, this means that there will likely be a 25-cent jump coming up in the next week or two. Gas just never moves smoothly in price here, and the spikes can make it seem like playing Russian Roulette - that $2.89 price noted at my baseline gas station this week was a spike that lasted less than a day before dropping 24 cents.

One other oddity - taking into account the $2.60 price, gas in Steubenville is only about 10 cents higher than it was when I first came here the week before Katrina.

- Posted by in Miscellaneous at 12:29 AM