Truck driver Steven Youngblood says he's spending almost $2,000 a week on fuel for round trips, while others are feeling the squeeze on groceries and daily expenses.
MONTANA — Gas prices in Montana keep climbing, with the average reaching nearly $4.48 per gallon after rising almost 14 cents in the past week.
Up from $3.16 per gallon a year earlier, the higher cost is already changing how some people in Montana think about driving and household spending.
In Billings, one truck driver said prices in Montana were not much different from what he had just seen in West Virginia.
"I just left West Virginia with 6.99 a gallon. We were hoping to get cheaper prices over here. It ain't much different. I'm probably spending round trip, almost two grand a week," Steven Youngblood said.
One Montana mom says the strain does not stop at the gas station.
"It certainly feels like we are spending way more in groceries than we ever have, in years prior. So it's kind of discouraging and hard,” Molli Corcoran said.
And one viewer wrote on Facebook that after seeing gas prices in Seattle, they feel better about Montana prices.