- Written by Christopher Fox Graham

During the last week of May, eighth-graders and high school seniors prepare for the pomp and circumstance of middle school promotion and high school graduation ceremonies around the country.
However, in Oklahoma, several devastating tornadoes swept through the state earlier this week, the biggest of…
- Written by Christopher Fox Graham

To the graduating class of 2013, as you are soon to leave high school, I offer some advice. Take what you need:
Wear sunscreen. I heard that in a Baz Luhrmann song and it still makes sense.
“Youth is wasted on the young” is a…
- Written by Christopher Fox Graham

This week, local philanthropists, businesses and nonprofits handed out scholarships to more than 40 seniors soon to graduate from Sedona Red Rock High School.
The Sedona Red Rock News was among the donors, giving a $500 scholarship to Kathleen Ritter, a talented student journalist of…
- Written by Christopher Fox Graham

This weekend, emigration was again in the news, but on a far larger scale than ever before.
Mars One, a Dutch nonprofit affiliated with several European for-profit media companies, has a plan to send astronauts to Mars by 2023 and set up a permanent colony.…
- Written by Christopher Fox Graham

Sometimes the journalism business is a lonely one. We attend meetings, show up at car accidents and rescues, or meet with the subjects of our features, but our writing takes place at our newsroom and once the story starts rolling off the press, we hope…
- Written by Christopher Fox Graham

Spring is festival season in the Verde Valley.
Beginning with the Sedona Marathon and Camp Verde’s Pecan, Wine & Antique Festival in early February, the season hits full steam after the Sedona International Film Festival with events including History of the Soldier and Verde Valley…
