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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...

Rabbi and synagogue founder Albert Plotkin dies at 89

Rabbi Albert Plotkin, 89, founding rabbi of the Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley and a leader in the Phoenix Jewish and interfaith communities, died of a heart attack Feb. 3. A memorial celebrating his...

From ‘Oprah’ to jail cell — James Arthur Ray charged with manslaughter

Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested James Arthur Ray on three counts of manslaughter at 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 3. The Yavapai County Grand Jury returned a indictment on three counts of manslaughter against Ray early Wednesday...

Lights still in plan for 89A

The Arizona Department of Transportation delayed voting on the State Route 89A streetlight project but did not kill the project outright. False reports that the lighting issue was dead prompted ADOT Director John Halikowski to send a letter to...

Hamilton defends retreat center

By Christopher Fox Graham and Michele Bradley Larson Newspapers   Amarya Hamilton, one of the co-owners of Angel Valley Retreat Center, spoke Wednesday, Jan. 27, about the center’s involvement in the fatal sweat lodge incident that claimed three lives...

Diamond Resorts may buy out ILX

Sedona’s Los Abrigados Resort & Spa may soon be under new management if an acquisition offer for ILX Resorts by Diamond Resorts Corp. is approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission. In an offer filed with the SEC on Jan....

Residents asked for advice on lights

Sedona residents have the opportunity to choose the future appearance of State Route 89A as it cuts through West Sedona. Will 42 high-pressure sodium lights arch 45 feet above the roadway? Or will 136 Monterey-style metal halide lights similar...

Quarrel overshadows lights

Sedona residents again lit up over lights at the Sedona City Council meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 28, but there was little focus on the topic — 68 lighting options presented by the Arizona Department of Transportation. In his opening...

Events promise spooky celebration

Sedona residents love Halloween. It’s perhaps the only time of year when the city’s colorful cast of characters, crazies and creative types can walk down the street without garnering second looks. Only the tourists seem to notice the difference...

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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