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Dump truck downs powerline on SR 89A

A dump truck downed a powerline at Stutz Bearcat and State Route 89A around 9 a.m. on Friday, July 30. Traffic is reduced to one lane both eastbound and westbound from Harmony and Thunderbird drives to Blue Heron Way...

Federal judge blocks parts of SB 1070, Arizona’s new immigration bill

U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton ruled an injunction of several major portions of Senate Bill 1070, Arizona’s controversial new immigration law, from going into effect at midnight Wednesday, July 29. The federal government sued the state of Arizona on...

Meet Your Newsroom: Trista Steers

A community newspaper could tell hundreds of different stories in every issue. The managing editor fills the often difficult role of deciding which stories to cover and when, then placing those finished stories on each page in each issue....

Maj. Jack F. Stratton

Maj. Jack F. Stratton Sept. 6, 1920 — July 21, 2010 Maj. Jack F. Stratton, 89, died July 21 in College Place, Wash. Born Sept. 6, 1920, he married Helen “Jean” Spackman in Puerto Rico. He lived in Sedona...

Van catches fire in West Sedona parking lot

A 1992 Dodge Ram 250 caught fire around 1:20 p.m., on Friday, July 23, in the New Marketplace Plaza parking lot. The fire was likely a fuel-related engine malfunction, according to Sedona Fire District Fire Marshal Will Loesche. Loesche...

Meet Your Newsroom: Jo Page

Larson Newspapers’ typesetter Jo Page is at the hub of our community coverage. Although photojournalists capture breaking news as it happens, reporters investigate tips to tell in-depth stories and editors direct coverage and write commentaries, typesetters deal with it...

Meet Your Newsroom: Mike Maresh

The city is perhaps the most complicated beat for a community newspaper to cover. News stories about local politics, city infrastructure projects, crime and fire services are among the most widely read and the subject of most readers’ interest....

Game and Fish policy is to euthanize ‘habituated’ bears

The 1½-year-old male black bear that raided trash cans in the Morgan Road area of east Sedona was euthanized in Flagstaff after its capture June 26. The Arizona Game and Fish Department’s policy is to euthanize bears that become...

Meet Your Newsroom: Brennan Jernigan

The newest, and youngest, member of Larson Newspapers’ editorial staff is 22-year-old intern Brennan Jernigan. Since joining the staff in May, Jernigan assists copy editor Constance Israel and completes various assignments from Managing Editor Trista Steers. Born in Westwood,...

Gov. Jan Brewer speaks in Sedona, defends immigration law

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer used Sedona as a platform Thursday, July 1, to discuss the nationwide reaction to Senate Bill 1070, Arizona’s new immigration law. Brewer said that the bill merely mirrors existing federal law. Passage...

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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