Christopher Fox Graham

Sedona, businesses breathe fresh air as SR 89A reopens

After being closed due to the Pocket Fire since June 19, the Arizona Department of Transportation reopened State Route 89A between Sedona and Interstate 17 interchange south of Flagstaff — from mileposts 374 to 397 — on the morning...

Americans’ rights based on ideals long before 1776

Americans celebrated the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4. While this declared the 13 colonies liberated, which the British Empire rejected until the 1783 Treaty of Paris, the rights we Americans hold most dear were...

We thank pilots & fire crews fighting the Pocket Fire

As we wrapped up work in the newsroom on Thursday, July 2, before the Fourth of July holiday weekend, the Pocket Fire grew from 20,680 acres in the morning to 21,138 acres in the afternoon. Though we newspaper journalists and...

Yavapai County puts Seven Canyons in ‘SET’ status as Pocket Fire grows to 25,160 acres

Update on July 4, Independence DayOfficial Acreage: 25,160 Start Date: June 19, first reported a 5:01 p.m.Location: 7 miles north of SedonaCause: UndeterminedPersonnel: 1,089Fuels: Timber and BrushContainment: 31% Seven Canyon moves to "SET" evacuation status Due to the Pocket Fire, a...

The Declaration of Independence turns 250 years old

Tomorrow, Saturday, July 4, marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Delegates in the First Continental Congress from 12 of the 13 colonies, excluding Georgia, met from Sept. 5 to Oct. 26, 1774, to demand that...

Remember on the 4th of July we built a nation on hope

Saturday, July 4, is the semiquincentennial of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The Second Continental Congress voted two days earlier, on July 2, 1776, to pursue independence with the Lee Resolution, which read: "Resolved,...

News updates on the Pocket Fire north of Sedona

As of press time on June 24, the Pocket Fire continues to burn about seven miles north of Sedona and west of Oak Creek Canyon on the Coconino National Forest, about a mile and a half due west of...

Teams come together to fight fire & update residents with news

With our election profiles all printed, the city of Sedona's budget all but complete pending a final vote on Tuesday, June 23, the summer monsoon still a short while off, kids out on break and much of Sedona quiet...

Pocket Fire seven miles north of Sedona grows to 1,187 acres; as seen in photos, videos and maps

Pocket Fire update as of June 25, 2026 7 a.m. Acres: 1,187 Personnel: 927 Containment: 0% Fuels: Timber and Brush Location: 7 miles north of Sedona Cause: Undetermined Firefighters conducted firing operations last night, Wednesday, June 24, on the Pocket Fire. These firing operations led...

Sedona mayoral election 2026: Henry Silbiger profile and essay

A political newcomer, Henry Silbiger is running for Sedona mayor. Candidate Profile Sedona mayoral candidate Henry Silbiger Time in Sedona: Two years Professional/personal background: Born in Poland, emigrated to New York City in 1960, became a U.S. citizen in 1966. Began career with...

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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