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Christopher Fox Graham

Sedona welcomes new City Manager Anette Spickard and wishes her luck

On behalf of the residents, taxpayers and extended community of Sedona, Larson Newspapers extends a warm welcome to Anette Spickard as Sedona’s new city manager. Sedona is a vibrant city, nestled amid red rocks and renowned for its artists and...

New abortion ban claims 1864 statute overrides 2022 law

On Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled in Planned Parenthood v. Mayes and Hazelrigg that a statute drafted in 1864, some 148 years before Arizona became a state, was still in effect and threatens to jail for two to...

With winter past, look forward to springtime events

The weekend’s hail and snowstorm was an unusual but not unprecedented event for March, but it should be the last freak winter storm we see before spring arrives in force. Springtime in Sedona is delightful, as the natural beauty that...

Attorney for Sedona Deputy Chief Kwitkin & Sgt. Leon sends complaint about Police Chief Foley

Attorney James Ledbetter, of the Cottonwood-based Ledbetter Law Firm, has sent a letter to the city of Sedona that he has been retained by two Sedona Police Department officers who are alleging a hostile work environment exists within the...

Yavapai College Governing Board to ignore Sedona and the Verde Valley as a permanent policy

On Friday, March 16, we published a story about the Yavapai College Governing Board meeting on Jan. 16, at which the board discussed ending in-person meetings in the Verde Valley and conducting all future community college meetings in Prescott...

Thomas ‘Tom’ S. Goelitz

May 14, 1956 — Feb. 19, 2024 Thomas “Tom” Sullivan Goelitz, 67, of Sedona, died Feb. 19. He moved to Sedona in 2001 with his ex-wife, Carrie, where he raised two children, volunteered with the Eagle Scouts and his church and...

Sunshine Week highlights access to public records

“We the people” is the opening phrase of the U.S. Constitution that set the tone for how our nation and national government saw itself. It signifies that all Americans from the president to members of Congress to small-town mayors...

Woman dies in late-night fire on Tuesday, second fire extinguished at site late Wednesday

A woman died in a “devastating structure fire” in a Sedona mobile home park late on Tuesday, March 12. The Sedona Fire District responded to a fire at the Sunset Mobile Home Park, between Sunset and Shelby Drives, that was...

Enjoy St. Patrick’s Parade on Jordan Road March 16

While Sunday, March 17, is St. Patrick’s Day, Sedona’s nearly annual St. Patrick’s Parade will be held this Saturday, March 16. Since the parade moved off State Route 89A to Jordan Road in Uptown, annual estimated attendance ranges between...

About Me

Christopher Fox Graham is the managing editor of the Sedona Rock Rocks 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 featured in Editor & Publisher magazine. 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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