Shaner, the News Sun (local newspaper) has an article today titled " Gouged On Gas In Hobbs (NM)" where the price is $2.26. That's a dime cheaper than here which is 22 miles north of Hobbs. The president of the New Mexico Oil & Gas Assn. says it is due to transportation costs and demand. That doesn't hold much water when most of the gasoline sold in west TX and eastern NM comes from a refinery in Big Spring, TX. It is about the same distance to Hobbs,NM and Lubbock,TX but gas is only $1.89 in Lubbock. I have lived here a long time and it has always been this way. If I have to go out of town I put in enough gas to get a hundred miles and that will get me to cheaper gas.