IT’S GOING TO BE CHEAPER TO TAKE A ROAD TRIP THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND IN NEW MEXICO…OR ANYWHERE IN THE U-S. HE SAYS MOST DRIVERS NATIONWIDE ARE PAYING THE LOWEST PRICES FOR LABOR DAY SINCE 2004. AAA NEW MEXICO’S DOUG SHUPE TELLS 770 KKOB THE AVERAGE PRICE STATEWIDE IS 2-60 A GALLON…DOWN EIGHT CENTS FROM A WEEK AGO AND 77 CENTS LOWER THAN LAST LABOR DAY.
BUT OUR PRICE IS STILL 14 CENTS HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. THE MOST EXPENSIVE GAS IN THE STATE RIGHT NOW IS IN SANTA FE, WHERE THE AVERAGE PRICE IS 2-69 A GALLON.