Rural Colorado Communities Back Iran Strategy Even As Gas Prices Climb

By Reuters | Pike’s Peak Courier

WIGGINS, Colo. • Perched behind the cash register at Stubs liquor store, Amy Van Duyn gazed out the window at a red-and-green gasoline price sign, which she said seemed to tick up daily.

The price was $4.34 per gallon — about 50% higher than it was in these parts when President Donald Trump returned to the White House last year.

“I used to fill my tank for $36,” said Van Duyn, 42. “Now $36 gets me half a tank.”

Her co-worker Tonyah Bruyette said when it’s time to buy groceries, she’s left wondering where all her money went: “We’re putting it in the tank rather than on our table.”

Like most people in and around Wiggins, a farming town of 1,400 people in northeast Colorado, Van Duyn and Bruyette remain ardent supporters of the president, who won surrounding Morgan County by 49 percentage points in 2024.

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