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Bicycle crash backs up State Route 179

A lone bicycle accident caused major traffic delays on State Route 179 on Tuesday, April 27. At 11:07, a 59-year-old man lost control of his bicycle and crashed in the roadway along the bifurcated portion of northbound State Route...

Police chief search not a public priority

Less than five residents showed up to meet the Sedona Police Department police chief candidates in the City Council Chambers on Wednesday, April 21. Two of the six finalists pulled their names from consideration for the position prior to...

Newspaper editor goes missing

The Flagstaff Police Department needs help finding a missing person — the assistant city editor of the Arizona Daily Sun newspaper. Timothy Lawrence Hendricks, aka Larry Hendricks, was last seen by his wife on Monday, April 19, leaving their...

Shirley A. Shields

Shirley A. Shields June 4, 1939 — April 9, 2010 Shirley A. Shields, 70, a resident of Sedona, died in Denver on April 9, 2010. Shields was born June 4, 1939. She was known in Sedona as the lead...

Dust blinds drivers on I-40

The Arizona Department of Transportation is reporting poor visibility due to high winds and blowing dust between Flagstaff and Winslow on Interstate 40. The Arizona Department of Public Safety  and ADOT are currently escorting traffic through...

Chapel of the Holy Cross gets own bill in Congress

The Chapel of the Holy Cross has not been forgotten in negotiations to pass National Scenic Area legislation through Congress. House Bill 4823 omits references to the chapel and its surrounding property that previously existed in...

Handprints mar Buddha’s body

A pair of handprints mar the body of Buddha in West Sedona. That’s how some local Buddhists view two blemishes that appeared last August on the base of the 36-foot tall Amitabha Stupa, a sacred architectural structure revered in...

Wanda Arabelle Hersey

Wanda Arabelle Hersey May 21, 1917 — March 10, 2010 Wanda Arabelle Hersey, 92, of Sedona, died March 10. She was born in Jerome on May 21, 1917. She is survived by second husband Douglas Hersey; daughters Charlotte...

Adams wins re-election as mayor

With 2,146 votes, or 66.17 percent, incumbent Mayor Rob Adams has unofficially won his re-election for Sedona mayor, defeating his challenger, Council Jerry Frey, who received 1,089 votes, or 33.58 percent. Adams unofficially won by 1,057 votes. There were...

ADOT approves 89A lighting

The Arizona Department of Transportation State Transportation Boad unanimously approved including the State Route 89A lighting project in West Sedona in its five-year plan at its meeting Friday, Feb. 19. The lights will be erected to improve...

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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