The first store will open Thursday in Kill Devil Hills, with additional outlets planned for Rocky Mount, Elizabeth City, Greenville, Wilson and Goldsboro by the end of 2024.

Wawa in NC: 10 stores by end of 2024; 🥨 90 stores in 10 years

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As the number of juvenile offenders climbs, the state is looking at alternatives crowded detention centers to make sure young people already convicted of crimes can turn their lives around. 

Education, skills and rehab focus easing burden on NC juvenile justice system

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In a release sent first to 5 On Your Side, the NC Turnpike Authority says the targeted phone numbers in this scam seem to be chosen at random and are not uniquely associated with an account or usage of toll roads.

<p>IN CRITICAL CONDITION. BACK TO YOU. OH, GOODNESS. THE SHOCKING UPDATE. THANK YOU. KEELY. &gt;&gt; THE FBI IS WARNING ABOUT A NEW SCAM GOING AROUND INVOLVING TOLL ROADS. THIS ALERT SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 2000 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SCAM SINCE EARLY MARCH. PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE TEST TAX AXING THEM ASKING THEM TO CLICK ON A LINK AND PAY A TOLL BILL TO AVOID A LATE FEE. BUT THAT LINK GOES TO A SITE CREATED TO IMPERSONATE THE STATE'S TOLL ROAD SERVICE. THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED IN NORTH CAROLINA, BUT THE ALERT SAYS THE SCAM</p>

FBI warns about toll text scam in NC

FBI warns about text scam involving toll bill 

People are getting a text asking them to click on a link and pay a toll bill to avoid a late fee. But the alert said that link goes to a site created to impersonate a state's toll road service.

Toll scam arrives in NC: How to know if a bill by text is fraudulent

FBI warning public over toll text scam

NC Quickpass is launching a new website to allow drivers to search by license plate to pay their tolls.  

TAKE A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE. THESE ARE THE 5.40, TOLL ROADS. THIS IS WHERE PROBLEM 5 ON YOUR SIDE TOLD YOU ABOUT LAST YEAR >> HE'S GETTING FIXED THIS WEEK AND SEE QUICK PASS IS LAUNCHING A NEW SITE TO MAKE PAYING OFF. THAT HOLDS MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD. 5 ON YOUR SIDE'S KEELY. ARTHUR EXPLAINS HOW IT WORKS. >> A QUICK PASS. OFFICIALS TELL US THAT THIS WEBSITE WAS YEARS IN THE MAKING, BUT THIS UPDATE CERTAINLY ADDRESSES A PROBLEM THAT 5 ON YOUR SIDE HIGHLIGHTED LAST YEAR. >> IF YOU'VE EVER HAD AN OUTSTANDING BILL WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA TURNPIKE AUTHORITY, THERE'S A CHANCE YOU PAID IT OFF ON THE WRONG WEB SITE. JUST LIKE AND READJUSTED IN A STORY WE TOLD YOU ABOUT IN EARLY 2022. ONCE MY STEPDAUGHTER, I'M ACTUALLY >> TOOK THE WRONG EXIT. LOOKING TO PAY IT OFF QUICKLY. SHE GOOGLED AND SEE QUICK PASS. BUT INSTEAD OF THE DMV AFFILIATED SITE, A THIRD-PARTY SITE CALLED DOXO POPPED UP, JUST PAID OFF THE BUILD THEIR FROM THEIR WORDING. IT SOUNDS LIKE AND SEEK WITH PRESS HAS PARTNERED WITH THEM TO DO THAT PAYMENTS. THEY WERE PARTNERS AT ALL AND JUST FOUND THAT OUT THE HARD WAY. WEEKS AFTER PAYING THE BILL, SHE HAD ANOTHER NC QUICK PASS A BILL THIS TIME WITH A LATE FEE. SHE CALLED KEELY FOR HELP. WE CONTACTED NC QUICK PASS. I'LL JUST SEND YOUR CONTACT INFO. THEY EXPLAINED TO US THAT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE JUST LIKE JOE'S HAD PAID THEIR BILLS MISTAKENLY THROUGH THIRD-PARTY SITES. >> WHICH CHARGE EXTRA FEES AND SLOW CROSSING DOWN LEADING TO AN ESTIMATED $100,000 IN LATE FEES. 5 ON YOUR SIDE GOT JOE'S LATE FEES WAIVED. >> THAT WAS LAST YEAR IN THE TIME SINCE THE 3RD PARTY SIDE OCSO HAS REMOVED THE NC QUICK PASS LOGO THAT MADE THINGS SO CONFUSING. PLUS ON THE NEW AND IMPROVED AND SEE QUICK PASS SITE INSTEAD OF HAVING TO TYPE IN THE NUMBER ON THE MAIL-IN VOICE, HE'LL SIMPLY BE ABLE TO TYPE IN YOUR LICENSE PLATE NUMBER. I MEAN, WE WANT TO MAKE OUR SYSTEMS ON OUR WEBSITE AS EASY AS POSSIBLE. WE DON'T WANT CUSTOMERS HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH A BUNCH OF HOOPS TO PAY FOR THEIR TOLLS BECAUSE >> TIMES MOST IMPORTANT COMMODITY, RIGHT NC COULD PASS. OFFICIALS SAY THE WEBSITE CHANGEOVER IS HAPPENING. >> AS WE SPEAK, THE NEW WEBSITE TO BE UP AND RUNNING BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, KEELY ARTHUR, 5 ON YOUR SIDE. >> NOW YOU CAN AVOID HAVING TO MANUALLY PAY FOR TOLLS BY GETTING A FREE TRANSPONDER AND REMEMBER THE CORRECT SIDE INVOLVING ALL THINGS AND SEE

NC Quickpass Coverage

FBI warns about toll text scam in NC

Toll scam arrives in NC: How to know if a bill by text is fraudulent

New site solves confusion for those trying to pay NC tolls