Gas

Gas prices keep climbing in Montana, here's what to look for in the week ahead.

Gas prices climb nearly 8 cents, but there are still great deals to be had if you know where to look.

Over the past week, the price of gas in Montana has jumped nearly eight cents to reach an average of $3.09 per gallon.

Looking for cheap gas in Missoula, Montana? See the lowest gas prices in Missoula constantly updated in this real-time feed of the cheapest, most inexpensive super, regular and premium gasoline in Missoula County.

Over the past week, Montana's gas prices dropped a little over three cents per gallon. That's the good news for motorists. The bad news is that gas prices typically reach their lowest point between Thanksgiving and Christmas, and the price of oil has been moving up closing in on $90 a barrel.

Gas prices at the pump in Montana went up one cent over the past week, which is more movement than the price has seen in over a month.

The Missoula Public Works Committee has approved a two cent gas tax resolution in hopes of finding a new way to pay for Missoula’s sidewalks. As proposed, the tax would be split 60-40 between the city of Missoula and Missoula county, leaving the county free allocate the money to road development or use the buffer to decrease property taxes...

The more the price of gas creeps up in Missoula and across the country, the more I cringe at the thought of ever having wasted a single drop.

Who said gas prices are out of control? The Torrance Daily Breeze reports a service station in Wilmington, California sold premium gas for the rock-bottom-it-must-be-1992 price of $1.10 a gallon for a four-hour period last Sunday. The gas was supposed to be sold for $4...