By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Gas prices are continuing their traditional summer rise.
"In the past week, we've gone up four cents a gallon," said Shawn Steward with AAA Kansas. "We're at $1.94, pretty much the same story with the national gas price. It went up six cents a gallon in the past week to $2.17 a gallon."
Compared to this time last year, we are still over 50 cents lower.
"Gasoline demand actually saw a small week over week decline this past week, although we've been seeing a general upward trend recently," Steward said. "Gas demand continues to be significantly lower, about 21% less, compared to one year ago."
Reno County is about at the state average for prices.
"Reno County is about a cent less than the Kansas average," Steward said. "Reno County is at $1.93. Hutchinson, it looks like many of the stations are around the $1.95 area."
Gas prices are up 27 cents a gallon over a month ago in Kansas.