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CCSO, Sedona police respond to suicide at Midgley Bridge

Sedona police officers responded to the Midgley Bridge area at 5:53 a.m. Monday, June 2, to assist the Coconino County Sheriff's Office in locating an individual reported to be threatening suicide. CCSO received the call at approximately 6 a.m. with...

Sedona police arrest woman found guilty of assaulting officer in 2023 but who skipped last day of trial

Sedona police arrested Erica Ann Montgomery, 48, on around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 31, who had been found guilty the day Thursday, May 29, of assaulting a Sedona police officer with a crowbar after a traffic stop in...

Friends remember the late Marie Brown, Sedona’s first employee

The city of Sedona’s first employee, Marie Angela Brown, died Saturday, May 10, at age 81. Marie was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1943. In June 1987, Brown moved with her husband James T. Brown and family to...

Four men vandalize Cathedral Rock on May 20

A tourist visiting Cathedral Rock southwest of Sedona city limits captured video of a group of four young men vandalizing the red rocks at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 20. The tourist had just hiked to first bench and was out...

Congratulate Anya Blue Lior and Gary Every, Sedona’s new poets laureate

On Tuesday, May 13, the Sedona City Council formally crowned Poet Laureate Gary Every and Youth Poet Laureate Anya Blue Lior. The process to establish these two positions began two years ago when Sedona poet Rex Arrasmith suggested it to...

Celebrate newly opened Forest Road Extension

After six years of planning, construction, road narrowing, explosions, rock removal, grading and paving in Uptown, the Forest Road Extension is finally open. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Monday, May 12. We’ve covered the long process to build the...

Celebrate mothers here and gone for all in your life

Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 11, the day when we celebrate our mothers, grandmothers, wives and daughters with brunches or breakfasts, flowers or just a phone call for those of us who live too far away to travel. The day...

End of World War II in Europe 80 years ago reshaped world

Thursday, May 8, marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. The war reshaped Europe and the world from one of fear and conflict into one largely of fairness, competition and international law. The war...

Police catch burglary suspect after manhunt near Rufous and Gambel Lanes

Sedona police were reportedly searching between Rufous and Gambel in the Chapel area Wednesday, April 30, for an alleged burglar, described as white man, 6 feet 2 inches tall with short hair, blue shirt, black pants and possible neck...

Verde Valley Fair returns to Cottonwood from April 30 to May 4

The Verde Valley Fair will return to the Verde Valley Fairgrounds in Cottonwood from Wednesday, April 30, through Sunday, May 4. â–  Gates will open at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, April 30, for livestock shows and arts and crafts, 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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