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The Honolulu Advertiser
Updated at 1:37 p.m., Friday, October 3, 2008

Hawaii gas prices drop again, though remain above $4 gallon

Advertiser Staff

Statewide gasoline prices have declined for a 10th week, though Hawai'i remains only one of two states in the country where a gallon of regular costs more than $4.

Figures from AAA's Weekend Gas Watch shows the price dropped 7 cents in the latest week to $4.208 a gallon.

"This marks the tenth week of gasoline price reductions," said AAA Hawaii Regional Manager Richard Velazquez in a press statement.

"The declines this week were more than the few cents a week that we saw previously over the past two months."

Prices have also been coming down nationwide, with the national average falling to $3.576.

Stations in Honolulu charged an average of $4.087, or 8 cents less than a week earlier.

The average price was $4.51 in Wailuku, or 7 cents less; while Hilo's price was $4.24. That was 9 cents a gallon lower than a week earlier.

AAA gets its data from a service that monitors fleet vehicle credit card transactions. The service does not monitor prices on Kaua'i.

The only state with higher gasoline prices was Alaska, where a gallon of regular averaged $4.23.