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Mary Elizabeth Kinvig

Mary Elizabeth Kinvig Jan. 24, 2011 Mary Elizabeth Kinvig, 89, died Jan. 24. She was preceded in death by her husband Alan Kinvig. She is survived by her daughters Jane Pearson, Kristin Thies, and Elizabeth Lopez; six grandchildren, and...

Steinigers sentenced for IRS tax evasion

Convicted in 2009, treatment center operators will serve a total of 50 months A judge sentenced a Sedona couple convicted of tax evasion Thursday, Feb. 17, according to the District of Arizona U.S. Attorney’s Office. U.S. District Judge Mary...

Stephen Juharos

Stephen Juharos Nov. 10, 1913 — Dec. 13, 2010 Stephen Juharos, 97, of Sedona, died on Dec. 13. Born in Hungary, he will be remembered as an outstanding talent and prolific producer of art. He is survived by his...

Erma M. Crose

Erma M. Crose Nov. 15, 1927 — Jan. 9, 2011 Erma M. (Sleep) Crose, of Cottonwood, died Jan. 9. She was born Nov. 15, 1927, in Calumet, Mich. She lived in the Verde Valley and surrounding area from 1940...

Burglars hit two VOC businesses

The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office is on the lookout for burglars who may be prowling the Village of Oak Creek. The recent burglaries have struck two VOC businesses. In the first, just after midnight Dec. 29, YCSO deputies responded...

Craig Dible fills fire board seat

Sedona resident Craig Dible will fill the vacant fifth seat on the Sedona Fire District Governing Board following a Tuesday, Jan. 11, work session. Nine applicants expressed their desire to be on the board. Board members Ty Montgomery and...

I-17, I-40 reopen, Oak Creek Canyon still closed

After being closed Wednesday, Dec. 29, by the Arizona Department of Transportation, Interstate 17 is now open northbound and southbound. ADOT closed State Route 89A between mileposts 386, Pumphouse Wash, and 397, the Forest Highlands area, at 2...

Sedona’s Black Friday forecast: Busy but tame

In some places around the country, Black Friday means major discount sales and an almost insane rush to grab them. Black Friday, the Friday after Thanksgiving, has become the traditional first day of Christmas shopping. Retailers often offer major...

City leaders give thanks

Thanksgiving is more than a celebration of friends and family. It’s an opportunity to welcome friends, family and sometimes strangers to share food, time and thankfulness. While the first English pilgrims offered thanks for surviving their first year in...

Juilliard doctoral student emphasizes need for music

While music programs are being eliminated nationwide due to budget cuts, and focus on No Child Left Behind Act basics, music is vital for both students and communities, according to Evan Fein, a Juilliard doctoral student currently in Sedona....

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, media law and the First Amendment and is a nationally recognized performance aka slam poet. In January 2025, the International Astronomical Union formally named asteroid 29722 Chrisgraham (1999 AQ23) in his honor at the behest of Lowell Observatory, citing him as "an American journalist and longtime managing editor of Sedona Red Rock News. He is a nationally-recognized slam poet who has written and performed multiple poems about Pluto and other space themes."
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