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Lana Rose Burns

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Sunshine predicted for most of the Labor Day weekend in the Wyoming Valley

<p>The local average gas price dropped slightly overnight, but the average is still up 5 cents from last week.</p><p>AAA Mid-Atlantic provided the following data for today&#8217;s average gas prices:</p><p>&#8226; Wilkes-Barre area gas average at $2.36 today, down a penny overnight and up 5 cents in the last week.</p><p>&#8226; Pennsylvania gas average at $2.34 today, unchanged overnight and up 2 cents in the last week.</p><p>&#8226; National gas average at $2.22 today, unchanged overnight, up a penny in the last week.</p><p>Be sure to check out the Times Leader&#8217;s new <a href="https://www.timesleader.com/gasprices" target="_blank">gas prices page</a>, which includes maps with gas stations in the area that have the cheapest fuel!</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Travis Kellar</p><p>tkellar@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Travis Kellar at 570-991-6389 or on Twitter @TLNews</p></shirttailMeta></div>

AAA: Local average gas price dropped slightly overnight, up 5 cents from last week