Several months after purchasing The State in April, Publisher Bernie Mann makes a big announcement:
“For 63 years this magazine has told wonderful stories about people and places that make up our state. We thought, therefore, that a more fitting and descriptive title for this magazine would be Our State. This small change may not mean much to longtime readers who often just call this ‘State Magazine.’ But Our State is a much warmer and friendlier title that says without any confusion what this magazine is about.”
To commemorate our 90th anniversary, we’ve compiled a time line that highlights the stories, contributors, and themes that have shaped this magazine — and your view of the Old North State — using nine decades of our own words.
From its northernmost point in Corolla to its southern terminus on Cedar Island, this scenic byway — bound between sound and sea — links the islands and communities of the Outer Banks.
Us? An icon? Well, after 90 years and more than 2,000 issues celebrating North Carolina from mountains to coast, we hope you’ll agree that we’ve earned the title.
After nearly a century — or just a couple of years — these seafood restaurants have become coastal icons, the places we know, love, and return to again and again.
