{"id":242761,"date":"2026-07-14T01:55:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T01:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/242761\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T01:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T01:55:14","slug":"gas-prices-fall-in-pennsylvania-as-the-national-average-rises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/242761\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas prices fall in Pennsylvania as the national average rises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">PENNSYLVANIA (WTAJ) \u2014 While tensions between the U.S. and Iran are pushing gas prices higher across the country, Pennsylvanians are starting to see a price decrease at the pump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to AAA East Central&#8217;s Gas Price Report, this week gas prices are 13 cents lower in Western Pennsylvania at\u00a0$4.013 per\u00a0gallon, while the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline went up eight cents over the past week to $3.87.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline in Altoona is $3.802 and $3.870 in DuBois.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While prices are still lower than they were in the spring, the national average as of Monday, July 13 is 72 cents more than a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>Get the latest news, weather forecasts and sports stories delivered straight to your inbox! Sign up for our <a data-ylk=\"slk:newsletters;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/nxslink.wearecentralpa.com\/join\/6sd\/signup\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">newsletters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Crude oil prices are currently over $70 per barrel as uncertainty lingers along the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WTAJ | Your News Leader.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtaj.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WTAJ | Your News Leader.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PENNSYLVANIA (WTAJ) \u2014 While tensions between the U.S. and Iran are pushing gas prices higher across the country,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[76798,38295,8098,28,30,29,7924,104098,1419],"class_list":["post-242761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-aaa-east-central","tag-crude-oil-prices","tag-gas-prices","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-pennsylvanians","tag-price-decrease","tag-western-pennsylvania"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}