Average gasoline prices in the South Sound once again have moved beyond $4 a gallon.
Unfortunately, those prices aren’t exactly unmapped territory for South Sound consumers. Average gas prices have crossed that $4 barrier, four times in the last two years and six times in the last five years.
Average prices at Tacoma area stations Monday were $4.02 for unleaded regular, a little less than 4 cents higher than a week ago and about 40 cents per gallon higher than a month earlier.
Chalk up those price increases to higher priced crude oil moving into the refineries and to seasonal …