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Christopher Fox Graham

Sedona Chamber of Commerce 100% right to cut ties to Sedona City Council

We commend the Sedona Chamber of Commerce for finally cutting ties with the city of Sedona. The relationship between the well-meaning chamber offi­cials and certain city council members who misunderstood that relationship, how tourism works, the purpose of a chamber...

Sedona Deputy City Manager Joanne Keene finalist for Flagstaff deputy city manager

Sedona Deputy City Manager Joanne Keene is the last remaining finalist for the position of Flagstaff deputy city manager. The city of Flagstaff held a final interview on Thursday, April 6, from 3 to 5 p.m. Flagstaff had 175 potential...

Sedona Chamber of Commerce to end city partnership, plans to take tourism management in new direction

Decision ends 20-year partnership and opens the way for options in marketing and managing red rock country’s largest industry. The Sedona Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau Board of Directors voted unanimously this week not to renew its tourism contract...

Thank Vietnam War era veterans for their service

March 29 marks the 50th anniversary of the formal with­drawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam, officially ending U.S. involvement in what was at the time America’s longest war. The Second French Empire invaded Cochinchina — what is now the southern...

22,000 gallons of untreated effluent spills near Oak Creek, but did not enter waterway

The city of Sedona’s Wastewater Department was notified of a sewer spill occurring at the Mystic Hills Lift Station, at 88 W. Mallard Drive at approximately 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 28. Operators dispatched to the area and determined the...

Keep Sedona’s foliage green, not toasted by wildfire

After our massive snowstorms this winter and several days of flooding this spring that were on par with the floods of 2004, we’re thankful to breathe a sigh of relief at the end of the fury Mother Nature can...

Videos of flooded Oak Creek flowing through Sedona on March 22

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Cornville man arrested after alleged road rage incident in Sedona

A 29-year-old Cornville man was arrested after repeatedly striking a vehicle with his own late-model teal and white truck in what was reportedly a road rage incident that ended at the intersection of State Route 89A and Brewer Road...

Enjoy St. Patrick’s Parade in Uptown Sedona on Saturday, March 18

Even though today, Friday, March 17, is St. Patrick’s Day, the city of Sedona’s St. Patrick’s Parade will take place tomorrow, Saturday, March 18. One of the Sedona Parks and Recreation Department’s largest public events, the parade will begin at...

Don’t let state lawmakers or local officials hide your public records

Senate Bill 1006 would allow cities to publish municipal notices only on their websites rather than in print newspapers of record. Larson Newspapers’ Sedona Red Rock News and The Camp Verde Journal are both official newspapers of record, which publish...

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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