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Texas Weekly Gas Price Update

August 24, 2026 Average gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 3.9 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.58/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 11.3 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 91.1 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. The…

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Buckeyes Finish Preseason Work Against Henderson

By Joe Dodd Gilmer’s final preseason test provided the Buckeyes with encouraging signs, a few mistakes to clean up and one final opportunity to evaluate personnel before the games begin to count. With the season opener against Pine Tree exactly one week away, Gilmer hosted Class 4A Division I Henderson Thursday night at Jeff Traylor…

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East Texas sits on a goldmine of lithium, but questions loom over how the state will regulate mining and production

By Jess Huff, The Texas Tribune August 20, 2026 TEXARKANA — When Scott Norton became president of the TexAmericas Center, he hoped the industrial park would attract employers that would bring much-needed jobs to North East Texas. Little did he know the industrial center would sit atop one of the country’s largest and richest lithium…

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Texas Weekly Gas Price Update

August 17, 2026 Average gasoline prices in Texas have risen 11.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.62/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 5.7 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 89.3 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. The…

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