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The average retail gasoline price in Colorado shot up 6.8 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.49, according to the gasoline-price website .
Prices in Colorado were 80.6 cents per gallon higher than the same day a year ago and 2.4 cents per gallon lower than a month ago.
Across the country, the national average increased 6.3 cents per gallon in the past week to $3.49 a gallon — the same average found in Colorado. The national average has decreased 12 cents per gallon during the past month and stands 66.3 cents per gallon higher than a year ago.
