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Gas prices jump in Charlotte, averaging $4.03 a gallon

WFAE | By Woody Cain
Published May 4, 2026 at 10:19 AM EDT
Less than 15% of oil and gas production occurs on federal lands.
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Less than 15% of oil and gas production occurs on federal lands.

Average gasoline prices in Charlotte have risen more than 16 cents per gallon over the past week and now average $4.03 per gallon, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 665 stations across the city.

Prices in Charlotte are just over 12 cents per gallon higher than they were a month ago and $1.12 per gallon higher than this time last year.
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Woody Cain
Woody is a Charlotte native who came to WFAE from the world of NASCAR where he was host of NASCAR Today for MRN Radio as well as a pit reporter, turn announcer and host of the NASCAR Live pre race show for Cup Series races. Before that, he was a news anchor at WBT radio in Charlotte, a traffic reporter, editor of The Charlotte Observer’s University City Magazine, News/Sports Director at WEGO-AM in Concord and a Swiss Army knife in local cable television. His first job after graduating from Appalachian State University was news reporter at The Daily Independent in Kannapolis. Along the way he’s covered everything from murder trials and a national political convention to high school sports and minor league baseball.
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