The price of gas is expected to continue to decline through the end of the year. Federal numbers from the United States Energy Information Administration says the average price for a gallon of gas is about $2.21. In many locations in Arkansas, the price of a gallon of gas has been well below that, with gas averaging around two dollars a gallon. According to Talk Business and Politics, prices of gas in northwest Arkansas was about $2.04 while central and eastern Arkansas has prices around two dollars, or just below two dollars. Drivers of tractor trailers and diesel vehicles are seeing those prices average around $2.32 a gallon. Projections are that gas prices will continue to fall this holiday season. Which states have the highest gas prices? Hawaii at 2.87 a gallon, California at 2.84 a gallon are the most expensive, followed by Nevada, Washington State, and Oregon.
Johnathan Reaves is the News Director for KASU Public Radio. As part of an Air Force Family, he moved to Arkansas from Minot, North Dakota in 1986. He was first bitten by the radio bug after he graduated from Gosnell High School in 1992. While working on his undergraduate degree, he worked at KOSE, a small 1,000 watt AM commercial station in Osceola, Arkansas. Upon graduation from Arkansas State University in 1996 with a degree in Radio-Television Broadcast News, he decided that he wanted to stay in radio news. He moved to Stuttgart, Arkansas and worked for East Arkansas Broadcasters as news director and was there for 16 years.