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5:23 Fasten your seatbelts.  Memorial Day weekend signals the beginning of our return to normal, especially when it comes to travel.  Whats happening to gas prices? What are the most popular destinations?  Whats the best time to get on the road?  KSFR reporter Mary Lou Cooper talks with a spokesperson for the American Automobile Association to find the answers to these questions and more.  **** Mary Lou Cooper: After the long, long months of pandemic hibernation, our pent-up desire to go...

Gas shortage unlikely to affect New Mexico   Last updated 5/15/2021 at 5:17pm A short-lived gas shortage on the east coast is unlikely to make much of an impact in eastern New Mexico, but travel experts still recommend conservation as a good overall mindset at the pump. The trouble began Tuesday when the Colonial Pipeline, the country’s largest fuel pipeline, was the victim of a ransomware attack. The federal government issued an emergency declaration for 17 states and the District of Colu...

KXT’s Song Of The Day: Jon Batiste, Coldplay, Joywave, Stevie Wonder, Pointer Sisters It’s another week full of tunes curated with your enjoyment in mind! Our Song Of The Day airs every weeknight at 8pm during Gini Mascorro’s nightly show but we understand life can get busy and you may have missed it the first time around. Fear not, we have you covered. We’ve recapped them all here for you, laid out what makes each song so special, and for added enjoyment we’ve put them all into a han...

Joel Warren/© Disney Channel/Courtesy Everett Collection Miley Cyrus, Nick Jonas, Kevin Jonas and Joe Jonas performing on Disney Channels Hannah Montana in 2007. Olivia Rodrigo bypassed signing with the label that launched Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato and other stars. It, too, has grown up — evolving and expanding within Disneys seemingly boundless music universe. There was a time when Disney Music Group’s Hollywood Records was primarily associated with the Disney Channel’s homegrown stars:...

A study by AAA finds travelers are ready to hit the roads again.

Gas prices rise as road trippin’ rebounds San Antonio prices jump 12 cents a gallon in one week Updated:  Tags:  “I have plans to take my wife for her birthday down to the coast,” he said. He can expect to share the road. For the Memorial Day weekend, AAA anticipates three million Texans will travel, most by car. That’s a 60% rebound from last year’s summer kickoff. “We’ve got more people getting vaccinated. There’s certainly pent-up demand,” said AAA’s Daniel Armbruster. ...

(The Center Square) – After being hacked over the weekend and taken offline, Colonial Pipeline, the nation’s largest fuel pipeline system, said it is hoping to “substantially” restore its operational service by the end of the week. Colonial Pipeline, which transports 45% of the East Coast’s fuel supply, delivers oil and other products from the refineries in Texas through the Southeast and up the East Coast to New Jersey. It was reportedly the victim of a cybersecurity r...

AAA Texas The statewide gas price average in Texas is $2.64 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel, according to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch. That price is six cents more than on this day last week and $1.14 more per gallon compared to this day last year.  Of the major metropolitan areas surveyed in Texas, drivers in El Paso and Midland are paying the most on average at $2.90 while drivers in San Antonio are paying the least at $2.52 per gallon. Drivers in Walker County are paying an aver...

Texas gas price average increases for first time in weeks, AAA says Published:  Tags:  A motorist prepares to pump gas Thursday, April 22, 2021, in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) HOUSTON – For the first time in four weeks, the statewide gas price average in Texas has increased, the American Automobile Association reported. The average is now $2.59 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel, according to the AAA Texas Weeke...

Gas prices continue to be on the rise, reaching a nearly two-year high as crude oil prices continue to climb - with Austin-area gas prices, on average, nearly 50 cents higher than a year ago.