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Sedan rolls over on Brewer Road

The driver of a Chevrolet Lumina driving north on Brewer Road lost control and crossed over the southbound lane at 4:21 p.m., Friday, May 7. The Lumina drove into a ditch and...

Missing newspaper editor found

The Flagstaff Police Department found assistant city editor of the Arizona Daily Sun newspaper, reported missing April 19, in Sacramento, Calif. Timothy Lawrence Hendricks, aka Larry Hendricks, was last seen by his wife on April 19, leaving their east...

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...

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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