Christopher Fox Graham

City puts dumpsters in six flood-damaged areas

The city of Sedona has been working with Waste Management to put dumpsters in areas with flood damage and debris. The dumpsters are expected to be deployed by Thursday, Nov. 5, at: Bear Wallow Lane Copper Cliffs Drive Blackhawk Lane Trails End Drive Sycamore...

City speeds up permits for demolition and repair of flood-damaged property

To support Sedona homeowners as they begin the process of repairing flood damage, the city of Sedona will be working to speed up the process for permits associated with demolition or repair required for flood-damaged homes and businesses. “We want...

Yavapai County offers free flood debris disposal, waives demolition permit fees

The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors officially declared a county emergency following severe heavy rainfall and widespread flooding that began on Sunday, Nov. 1. The county has announced temporary relief measures for affected residents, according to Yavapai County Board...

Sedona Mayor Ploog signs local Proclamation of Emergency

Sedona Interim Mayor Holli Ploog signed a local Proclamation of Emergency on Monday, Nov. 2, in response to ongoing impacts from the Sunday, Nov. 1, flooding that continues to impact the Sedona community. The proclamation allows the city to continue...

Flooding causes liquid sewage spill at Bear Wallow Lane

Around 9:45 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, heavy rainfall and localized flooding caused severe inflow and infiltration at the Bear Wallow Pump Station. The incoming flow overwhelmed the facility, causing a sewer spill into Oak Creek near 135 Bear Wallow...

Sedona urges evacuation of areas along Oak Creek

Several neighborhoods and resorts along Oak Creek now in "GO" evacuation status due to flooding in Yavapai County's "Ready, Set, Go" evacuation system, according to an email sent by Sedona Communications and Public Affairs Manager Julie Graham at 9:23...

Spill sends 1,000 to 5,000 gallons of sewage into Oak Creek along SR 179

The city of Sedona’s Public Works Wastewater Division was notified at approximately 5:30 p.m., on Sunday, Oct. 25, of a sewer spill at 671 SR 179, a shopping complex. "City Wastewater staff immediately went to the area and determined the...

Neil Richard Pope

April 14, 1937 — Sept. 12, 2026 Neil R. Pope, 89, died peacefully at home Sept. 12, 2026. He was born on April 14, 1937, in Cambridge, England. He was drafted into the Royal Navy and served in the Mediterranean,...

Outdoor concerts and films expand as weather cools

After an impossibly hot summer when evaporative coolers were working at full-tilt and it was often to toasty outside to do much of anything before 7 p.m. — and with nighttime temperatures not dropping to below 85° until nearly...

Dolly Parton left a legacy of literacy, music and kindness

The world was saddened to learn about the death of Dolly Parton on Tuesday, Aug. 25. Tributes to her work, life and career are popping up all over the internet, transcending regional, partisan, class and ethnic lines as Americans...

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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