(File Photo: Source for Photo: A customer holds a credit card at the pay-at-the-pump gasoline pump in Rolling Meadow, Ill., Thursday, June 30, 2022. The U.S. economy shrank from April through June for a second straight quarter, contracting at a 0.9% annual pace and raising fears that the nation may be approaching a recession. The decline that the Commerce Department reported Thursday, July 28, in the gross domestic product — the broadest gauge of the economy — followed a 1.6% annual drop from January through March. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Gas prices are seventeen cents higher in Western Pennsylvania this week at about $3.63 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s gas price report. The report states that at this time last year, the average price for gas in Western Pennsylvania was about $3.84. The report also notes that the average price that you can expect for a gallon of unleaded gas here in Beaver County is about $3.64. According to AAA East Central’s gas price report, here are the average prices of unleaded self-serve gasoline in various Pennsylvania areas:

$3.643      Altoona
$3.638      Beaver
$3.605      Bradford
$3.558      Brookville
$3.669      Butler
$3.478      Clarion
$3.565      DuBois
$3.568      Erie
$3.657      Greensburg
$3.675      Indiana
$3.685      Jeannette
$3.595      Kittanning
$3.672      Latrobe
$3.684      Meadville
$3.699      Mercer
$3.591      New Castle
$3.616      New Kensington
$3.699      Oil City
$3.635      Pittsburgh
$3.543      Sharon
$3.658      Uniontown
$3.699      Warren
$3.683      Washington