If you need gas and you’re in Raleigh, check out Capital Boulevard all the way from downtown, north toward Triangle Towne Center. You’ll find a lot of stations running between $1.89 and $1.99 for unleaded.

Now that we’ve seen gas drop more than 50 percent, the News & Observer has rightly decided this is a good story. Check out this request from reporter Bruce Siceloff for your input for a story on gas prices.

I’ve often wondered over the past month what people are doing with this windfall in disposable income. What we’re seeing is a classic example of market forces at work. Supply and demand always rule, unless government seeks to impede them.