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Christopher Fox Graham

Enjoy St. Patrick’s Parade on Jordan Road March 16

While Sunday, March 17, is St. Patrick’s Day, Sedona’s nearly annual St. Patrick’s Parade will be held this Saturday, March 16. Since the parade moved off State Route 89A to Jordan Road in Uptown, annual estimated attendance ranges between...

Get ready for six weeks of spring break tourists

The Sedona International Film Festival ended last week and traffic on our roads was pretty well managed and rela­tively light for this time of year. There weren’t too many backups related to the festival and only delays heading into...

Speed of Forest Road work shows efficiency of Sedona in Motion

We are impressed, as everyone in Sedona should be, at the speed with which the Forest Road Extension has undergone construction. Beginning in spring 2022, city workers and the contractor, Fann Contracting Inc., began working on the road. Most...

Democratic process? It is unnecessary in this Sedona asylum, where the inmates run the city

The city of Sedona began discussing a car camp for homeless workers at the Sedona Cultural Park in January. On Jan. 9, council directed staff to begin planning for the camp by a voice vote, but did not legally or...

House Bill 2038 would make your public & private recordings felonies

People record all sorts of public and private events for their social media accounts, family gatherings, sporting events, school plays, meetings, get-togethers, interviews, lectures and talks. If you want to record your experiences for your own enjoyment — or...

You’re all invited to Sedona film festival’s 30th year

Marion Herrman, Lori Seymour, Pinky Greenberg and Shirlin Hyatt founded the Sedona International Film Festival 30 years ago as a fundraising event to support the Sedona Cultural Park and what would later be named the Georgia Frontiere Performing Arts...

House Bill 2477 naming ‘Pluto’ the state of Arizona planet isn’t crazy, it’s inspiring

On Saturday, Feb. 17, I was asked to perform two slam poems at Lowell Observatory’s I Heart Pluto Festival, held at the Orpheum Theatre in Flagstaff. The event celebrates the moment on Feb. 18, 1930, when 24-year-old amateur astronomer Clyde...

Short films prepare us for 30th annual Sedona film fest

The Sedona International Film Festival is right around the corner. The 30th annual event kicks off Saturday, Feb. 24, and runs through Sunday, March 3. SIFF began as fundraiser to build and then maintain the Sedona Cultural Park on the...

Valentine’s Day is a time to show who you love

Wednesday, Feb. 14, is St. Valentine’s Day, which is either a quasi-religious secular holiday dedicated to expression of love or a nefarious commercial fabri­cation created by chocolate companies to sell heart-shaped boxes of confectioneries. Whatever the name, the event is...

Northern Arizona Healthcare’s CEO David Cheney talks hiring auxiliaries, new hospital and Flagstaff’s proposition 480

Northern Arizona Healthcare CEO David Cheney answered questions during an in-depth interview in December. Verde Valley Health Care SeriesThis is the third story in a series from an in-depth interview with new Northern Arizona Healthcare CEO David Cheney. ■ Can you speak...

About Me

Christopher Fox Graham is the managing editor of the Sedona Rock Rock News, The Camp Verde Journal and the Cottonwood Journal Extra. Hired by Larson Newspapers as a copy editor in 2004, he became assistant manager editor in October 2009 and managing editor in August 2013. Graham has won awards for editorials, investigative news reporting, headline writing, page design and community service from the Arizona Newspapers Association. Graham has also been a guest contributor in Editor & Publisher magazine and featured in the LA Times, New York Post and San Francisco Chronicle. He lectures on journalism and First Amendment law and is a nationally recognized performance aka slam poet. Retired U.S. Army Col. John Mills, former director of Cybersecurity Policy, Strategy, and International Affairs referred to him as "Mr. Slam Poet."
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