Arizona average gasoline prices 8th lowest in US

Ariz.'s average gasoline price at $3.05 per gallon; Down by less than a penny from last week

PHOENIX (AP) -- Arizona motorists are paying about the same at the pump as they did last week.

Officials with Triple-A Arizona said Thursday that the average statewide price for unleaded regular gasoline is $3.05 a gallon. That's less than a penny lower than last week.

But Triple-A officials say Arizona's fuel price average is the eighth lowest in the country right now.

This week's national average is $3.29 per gallon, up by more than 3 cents from last week.

Tucson has the lowest average gasoline price in Arizona at $2.85 a gallon while Flagstaff has the highest at $3.33.

Wyoming has the lowest average gas prices in the continental U.S. at $2.95 a gallon with New York having the highest at $3.74 a gallon.