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Christopher Fox Graham

Heavy smoke from Payson and Utah fires affecting Yavapai County

With wildfire activity increasing from the Southern Utah wildfires in addition to the Pius Wildfire near Payson, smoke is expected to be transported by prevailing winds over the next few days, according to Yavapai County Community Health Services Public...

Sedona City Council candidate Q&A: Holli Ploog

Age: 76 Time in Sedona: “I have lived in Sedona for 11 years.” Background: “I am vice mayor of Sedona. I am a retired attorney, working in the corporate world for over 30 years. For most of that time, I worked...

Sedona City Council candidate Q&A: Derek Pfaff

Age: 53 Time in Sedona: Eight years Background: “I was born and raised in Phoenix, studied classics and anthropology and attended law school, all at the University of Arizona. I’ve been practicing real estate law for the past 26 years. I...

Sedona City Council candidate Q&A: Kathy Kinsella

Age: 61 Time in Sedona: Eight years full-time resident and six preceding as a part-time resident Background: “My background is in government as a civil servant and an elected official. Prior to being elected to the Sedona City Council, I served...

Sedona mayoral candidate Q&A: John Martinez

Age: 75 Time in Sedona: 19-year resident, 33-year Sedona property owner Background: Carol and I have been together for 47 years. We met at Beckman Instruments. We moved to Sedona from California in 2005. My vast work experience begins as a...

Sedona mayoral candidate Q&A: Scott Jablow

Age: 68 Time in Sedona: 14 years Background: Law enforcement, 31 years Q: How do you propose to amend, alter or repeal Sedona’s building codes to help solve the housing shortage? A: “Building codes in the city are designed to keep people safe...

U.S. Supreme Court overturns Martin v. Boise and permits bans on camping on public land

With all the noise and chaos following the presidential debate and the final slew of rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court at the end of its current term, one ruling that will have immediate effects in Sedona and the...

The Fourth of July celebrates our wondrous variety

Thursday, July 4, marks the 248th anniversary of signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The Second Continental Congress voted two days earlier, on July 2, 1776, to pursue independence with the Lee Resolution, which read: “Resolved, That...

Register by July 1 to vote in July 30 primary election

The deadline to register to vote in the 2024 primary election on Tuesday, July 30, is coming up. Elections typically play out in two stages, a primary election, during which registered political parties pick their candidates for partisan seats, and...

Death on trail is warning to be safer outdoors in summer

Sedona Fire District crews and the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office Forest Patrol responded to the Hi-Line Trail at 2:08 p.m. Friday, June 14, following reports of an unresponsive 44-year-old woman, hiking with her husband and two young daughters, all...

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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