If you've made a trip to the pump recently, you may have been shocked to see what the final price was for your gas. Gas prices have risen 16.7 cents in the past week.

A fire at a refinery complex in Philadelphia is controlled and contained but still burning more than 12 hours after it started.

Prices at the pump are on the rise, but over the past month they have seemed to skyrocket. 

Authorities have expanded the evacuation zone around a Wisconsin refinery that was rocked by an explosion and are now saying anyone within a three-mile radius should leave.

Every penny counts at the gas pump, and in Reno there are worries about the effects of the Texas flooding and closed refineries, and what they will do to your family budget.

Dozens of climate activists have blocked railroad tracks leading to two oil refineries in northwest Washington state to oppose the flow of oil from trains to those facilities.

Have you noticed? Gas prices are headed back down, after peaking earlier this month. According to AAA, the average price is $3.18 in Reno, down 20 cents from this time last month.

An Exxon Mobil spokesman says four contractors suffered minor injuries in an explosion that erupted at a Southern California refinery on Wednesday.