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Great ready for ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse on Saturday, Oct. 14

On Oct. 14, an annular or "ring of fire" solar eclipse will cross North, Central and South America, visible for millions of people in the Western Hemisphere. During an annular eclipse, it is never safe to look directly at the...

Thank you for supporting the Sedona Red Rock News for 60 years

You likely noticed that the front of today’s edition of the Sedona Red Rock News has a special masthead. This is the original hand-drawn masthead that appeared on our first edition, which was printed some 60 years ago. The very...

Libraries exist for us all, not just squeaky wheels

There has been an unsettling trend at libraries in the Verde Valley as a small handful of residents have begun harassing or even threatening librarians regarding books and materials inside the library. American libraries are apolitical and nonpartisan by design....

Cecil Fire’s smoke to worsen through the week

The Coconino National Forest stated Wednesday, Sept. 27, that after Tuesday's successful management of the now-800-acre Cecil Fire, fire crews would continue firing operations Wednesday, but do not plan to conduct firing operations past Thursday morning, Sept. 28, due...

Cecil Fire fills Sedona and Verde Valley skies with smoke

Heavy smoke in the Sedona area on Tuesday, Sept. 26, was report­edly originating from the Cecil Fire according to fire managers with the Coconino National Forest. The lightning-caused wildfire was first discovered on Monday, Sept. 18, at 4:10 p.m. As...

Camp Verde father of nine killed in head-on crash on State Route 179

The Arizona Department of Public Safety has reportedly identified the two people who were killed in a head-on crash on State Route 179 south of the Village of Oak Creek shortly after midnight on Tuesday, Sept. 5. According to DPS,...

Sedona Red Rock News and our sister newspapers win 15 awards in Arizona Newspapers Association contest

Larson Newspapers, which publishes the Sedona Red Rock News, The Camp Verde Journal and the Cottonwood Journal Extra, walked away with 15 awards at the Arizona Newspapers Association’s Better Newspapers Contest ceremony, which took place on Thursday, Aug. 31. The...

You’re all invited to the Sedona Red Rock News’ 60th anniversary party on Sept. 20

The Sedona Red Rock News has been the voice of Sedona and the Verde Valley since we published our first edition on Thursday, Oct. 3, 1963. For the last 59 years and 11 months, we have covered the politics of...

Sedona Mayor Scott Jablow’s proposed OHV ban was never about ‘safety’

Facing a business-killing hammer held above their heads by first-term Sedona Mayor Scott Jablow, four of Sedona’s OHV companies drafted a goodwill agreement to forestall his proposed OHV ban. Goldwater Institute lawyers smacked down Jablow’s draft ordinance and all three...

A police raid of a Kansas newsroom imperils all Americans’ civil liberties

Marion, Kan., became the epicenter of an assault on our constitutional protections and the scene of an undemo­cratic power grab as well as a showcase for public offi­cials striving to reach the heights of political malfeasance and professional stupidity...

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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