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Nation, you'd have to drive a long way today - to Alaska or Hawaii - to find gas more expensive than it is right here in North Carolina.

Gas prices in North Carolina are much higher than they are in other parts of the country.

Governor Michael Easley announced Thursday, that the fuel supply issue is coming to an end.

A statement from the office of Gov. Mike Easley today announced that Gulf Coast pipelines are operating at normal capacity, though it will take a week for the new fuel to reach North Carolina.

Area motorists were not immune Monday to the state's gas shortage, but the spot outages documented at stations across the Triangle did not compare to the reports of long lines crowding stations in Charlotte and ...

Submitted by WWAY on 2 October 2008 - 5:27pm. USS Squall and Captain Cathey arrive in Wilmington The Navy warship USS Squall arrived in Wilmington Thursday.

North Carolinians may see additional relief at the pump starting next week: The governor says a pipeline that provides the state with its main fuel supply will start working at full capacity.

The editorial cartoon of Sept. 17 perpetuates several myths about offshore drilling.

' Promised infusions of gasoline to areas of North Carolina that have been out of gas since last week have been slow arriving and officials said Monday all they can do is urge that drivers be patient.

Published: Monday, September 22, 2008 at 1:26 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, September 22, 2008 at 5:11 p.m. It's been 11 days since Ike tore through the Gulf and made landfall in Texas, disrupting the nation's ...

People pulling up to pump after pump without any gas want to know when the shortage will end.

Published: Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 6:59 a.m. Elected officials scrambled Wednesday to make sense of the Western North Carolina gas crisis while ...

While North Carolina's Attorney General is continuing to investigate allegations of price gouging at the pump, his office is urging consumers to conserve whenever possible.

This year's Sam Ragan Memorial Lecture launches the latest Ruth Pauley Lecture Series Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. in Owens Auditorium on the campus of Sandhills Community College.

The aftermath of Hurricane Ike is being felt across the Southeast as gas prices continue to remain high while many residents of Houston and the Gulf Coast are still without electricity.

Gasoline price gouging is probably akin to obscenity in one respect: It may defy precise definition, but people know it when they see it on the pump register.

Submitted by WWAY on 15 September 2008 - 5:43pm. Monday gas update Hurricane Ike has passed through the Gulf, but do not expect gas prices to come down any time soon.

John Whitaker thinks there's a pattern to the gas pump panic. The Mount Holly resident said last week's surge in gas prices and rush on area service stations mimicked the price hike from Hurricane Hugo in 1989.

Video included. Driving down Ocean Isle Beach streets Saturday morning--hours after Tropical Storm Hanna's departure--a few tree limbs were down, shingles sprinkled the streets and several gutters were loose.'> ...

Hurricane Ike is on a path straight toward the nation's biggest complex of refineries and petrochemical plants, and that's raising worries about gasoline supplies.