Why Gas Prices Are Rising In Amarillo, Texas Explained

If you've been paying attention at the pump recently, you might have noticed the prices going up. They've been going up steadily for the past few weeks. Unfortunately, it's led to Amarillo, Texas no longer being one of the cheapest places in Texas to fuel up before hitting the road.

Price Of Gas Going Up In Texas; Still Beats The National Average

Looking at the latest from AAA, there's enough to be grateful for but also enough to keep an eye on. The average price of gasoline in Amarillo has been going up for the past few weeks. We're now at around $2.75 per gallon.

A week ago, Amarillo was at $2.64. A month ago, the average price of a gallon of gas in Amarillo was $2.60. That's a $0.15 increase in a month. The good news is that Amarillo gasoline prices are still cheaper than they were a year ago when it was around $3.06 per gallon.

Even though we're still cheaper on average, experts are saying we should continue to expect prices to increase.

Why The Cost Of Gasoline Going Up In Texas

If you head to the pump and find yourself wondering why the price keeps going up, there are a couple of things experts are looking at. First, there are refinery issues that have caused the price of fuel to increase over the past few weeks.

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The second thing that experts are looking at in regard to the price of gas at the pump is the impact of tariffs. It's believed that the tariffs could impact the price of gas, but no one is certain how big of an impact it would be.

As we get closer to summer, fingers crossed that we see the increase at the pump at least slow down. It would be nice to be able to hit the road and break the bank on just getting from point A to point B.

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Can You Guess These Towns From Their Satellite Photos?

I'm always down for a good brain challenge. This one however got the best of me.

It's always a fun time looking up address or cities and seeing them from a satellite point of view. You start pointing out landmarks and things you recognize.

One thing you don't account for however is something looking bigger or smaller than you seemed to think it was. So we started grabbing a bunch of these satellite pictures of cities and towns around Amarillo.

As we looked at them, we thought to ourselves, "how fun would this be to actually have to GUESS what these places are?". So away we went.

Go ahead and try to see how many you can guess correctly!

Gallery Credit: Sarah Clark

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