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Christopher Fox Graham

Moving the earth to fix Sedona’s traffic problems is not impossible

There were fireworks — underground — on Wednesday, Nov. 29, as contractors working for the city of Sedona blasted a rock face to help clear a path for the Forest Road Extension, which will eventually connect Forest Road and...

Sedona’s traffic backups start and stop at the SR 179 crosswalk near Tlaquepaque

On Friday, Nov. 24, as traffic began to build heading into Uptown, we posted a notice on our Facebook page warning drivers to expect serious delays due to a combination of Black Friday traffic, holiday traffic, regular weekend traffic...

West Sedona School briefly goes into lockdown

At 10:50 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 1, parents of students at West Sedona School were notified that the school was under lockdown. A message from the school read: "Hello West Sedona Parents and Guardians, A short time ago, West Sedona...

Get to know your neighbors’ Sedona lifestyles with our biannual Lifestyles of Sedona magazine in today’s edition

In today’s edition of Sedona Red Rock News, you, our dear readers, can find a copy of our biannual Lifestyles of Sedona magazine. This publication, which we have been producing for more than 20 years, is one of the highlights...

Sedona-Oak Creek School District voters approve budget override by 60.82% to 39.18%

The Sedona-Oak Creek School District Governing Board called a budget override election on Tuesday, Nov. 7, to request voter authorization to exceed the Maintenance and Operation Budget Limit by 15% of the revenue control limit to fund existing programs....

ESG investing rarely improves people or planet

We applaud the Sedona City Council for reaching a consensus not to alter the city of Sedona’s banking and investment strategy to reflect “environmental, social and governance” goals, better known by the acronym ESG. ESG is a form of low-grade...

Due to Sedona’s inaction on improving flow on our roads, my thesaurus is now stuck in traffic as well

Several times during the last few weeks, the city of Sedona has used uniformed police officers to close off the southbound lanes exiting both the State Route 179 and Ranger Road roundabouts from State Route 89, preventing vehicles from...

Sedona City Council’s lack of transparency in picking our leaders is distressing

Transparency is the cornerstone of democracy. Transparency in government lets citizens and voters see what elected officials and their professional staff are up to, and whether they’re all being honest and forthright with the use of our public tax...

Kansas police chief finally ousted after raiding Marion County Record newspaper in August

In an August editorial, I warned our readers that the 1,902-person Kansas prairie town of Marion was the epicenter of a new assault on our constitutional protec­tions and civil liberties after an undemocratic power grab demonstrating both political and...

Due to warm weather, Sunset Park Splash Pad to remain open through October 15

For Sedona area parents looking for something to do this week with kids out of school for fall break, the city has a cool place to play. With the warmer-than-average weather this fall, the city of Sedona Parks and...

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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