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Monday, November 26, 2012  Along with the record breaking high, gas prices in the Midlands have risen 5 cents over the past week to an average of $3.15 a gallon.  The national average however, has remained stable over the last 7 days at $3.43, according to the gas website.

Monday, September 17, 2012  The pain at the pump continues with the report from ColumbiaGasPrices.com’s report that the price of a gallon of gas has risen over 4 cents in the last week, to an average of $3.63.  Nationally, the price is up just over 2 cents to $3.86 a gallon.

Monday, January 23, 2012  Gas prices rise again this week, however, a drop may be coming this week.

Monday, November 14, 2011  Gas prices have risen 1.8 cents per gallon in the Columbia area.

Monday, March 14, 2011  The average price for a gallon of regular gas in Columbia is $3.41, an increase of over 3 cents from last week according to ColumbiaGasPrices.com.  That's up over 78 cents from last year and more than 40 cents from one month ago.

Monday, March 07, 2011  Midlands motorists are paying a pretty penny to get around this week and experts say it's only going to get worse.