Jeremy Markovich

Markovich is a senior editor/writer at Our State, and a former special content producer for NBC Charlotte. He has won two 2011 regional Emmy Awards and regional Edward R. Murrow awards along with the 2011 Green Eyeshade award for Magazine Feature Writing, the 2010 National City and Regional Magazine Award for Personality Profile, the 2010 Clarion Award for a Magazine Feature Article, and the 2010 Green Eyeshade Award’s Best-In-Show for Non Daily Print Journalism.

Arts & Culture

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Dining

When Your Town Becomes Flavortown

Guy Fieri and his wildly popular show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives put a spotlight on little joints with bold flavor. So what happens when Food Network turns North Carolina’s beloved local restaurants into destinations?

Travel

We Went To North Carolina’s Most Geographically Remote Place

Introducing: Away Message — Our State’s first podcast. Come with us as we travel across North Carolina to find the places that are far off the beaten path. Listen and subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher, and more.

Eastern

The Final Voyage of the Agnes E. Fry

In 1864, a blockade runner ran aground on the coast of North Carolina. For decades, it sat within sight of shore, rusting, until finally disappearing beneath the waves. Now, it’s reappeared — and may prove to be the most significant shipwreck found in our waters in years.

Home & Garden

Briggs Hardware is the Store that Built Raleigh

Briggs Hardware is entwined with the history of North Carolina’s capital city. Now, six generations in, the store is taking on new meaning, and a new challenge, in a familiar place.

Central

The Durham Hotel is a Gathering Spot With a View

Enjoy local dishes and creative cocktails in The Durham’s retro lobby, or six stories up at the rooftop bar.

Eastern

Local Breweries are Crafting Communities Across the State

Sure, the beer’s great. But craft breweries are bringing something else to towns big and small: togetherness.

Meet the Founding Father of NC Craft Brewing

Drink

Meet the Founding Father of Craft Brewing in North Carolina

More than 30 years ago, one man in Manteo set out to open the state’s first craft brewery, and ended up changing the future of brewing in North Carolina.

Food

Don’t Stop Bo’lievin’: How Bojangles’ Went From a Chicken and Biscuits Joint to a Southern Obsession

Forty years ago, Bojangles’ opened its first location in Charlotte. Now it’s got legions of fans as far away as Honduras. Still, it hasn’t lost its North Carolina heart: fast, fried, and fiercely loyal.