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Christopher Fox Graham

Short films prepare us for 30th annual Sedona film fest

The Sedona International Film Festival is right around the corner. The 30th annual event kicks off Saturday, Feb. 24, and runs through Sunday, March 3. SIFF began as fundraiser to build and then maintain the Sedona Cultural Park on the...

Valentine’s Day is a time to show who you love

Wednesday, Feb. 14, is St. Valentine’s Day, which is either a quasi-religious secular holiday dedicated to expression of love or a nefarious commercial fabri­cation created by chocolate companies to sell heart-shaped boxes of confectioneries. Whatever the name, the event is...

Northern Arizona Healthcare’s CEO David Cheney talks hiring auxiliaries, new hospital and Flagstaff’s proposition 480

Northern Arizona Healthcare CEO David Cheney answered questions during an in-depth interview in December. Verde Valley Health Care SeriesThis is the third story in a series from an in-depth interview with new Northern Arizona Healthcare CEO David Cheney. â–  Can you speak...

We thank Sedona City Council … for not being like Cottonwood City Council

This August we’ll mark 20 years since I was first hired by Larson Newspapers. Starting off as a copy editor before becoming an assistant managing editor, news editor and finally managing editor — a position I’ve now held for...

Bill Barns

June 2, 1953 — Jan. 3, 2024 Bill Barns, of Sedona, died Jan. 3. A musician who played guitar and sitar, Bill moved to Sedona in 1989 and performed at many local restaurants. He is survived by his wife, Sandy; daughter,...

Sedona City Council votes 7-0 to approve contract to hire Anette Spickard, of McCall, Idaho, as new city manager

The Sedona City Council voted 7-0 on Tuesday, Jan. 23, to approve the contract to hire Anette Spickard, of McCall, Idaho, as the new city manager. A full story will appear in the Friday, Jan. 26, edition of the...

CEO David Cheney addresses Northern Arizona Healthcare’s finances, income, audit

Northern Arizona Healthcare CEO David Cheney started in the role on June 12. Cheney answered questions in an in-depth interview in December. Verde Valley Health Care SeriesThis is the second story in a series from an in-depth interview with new...

Christopher Eugene Fitts

Nov. 4, 1954 — Nov. 29, 2023 Christopher Eugene Fitts, 69, died Nov. 29, 2023. He worked for many years as a cook, recently at the Oak Creek Brewery and Grill in Tlaquepaque, where he serenaded his coworkers, who called him...

Larson Newspapers staff past and present thank retiring typesetter Jo Page for 14 years of work

At its core, a newspaper is built on its people, whether reporters, editors, advertising representatives, graphic designers, paginators, pressmen or delivery drivers. For 14 years, one of those key people at Larson Newspapers has been Jo Page. Aside from typesetting...

CEO David Cheney says NAH is aggressively hiring doctors, medical professionals and staffers

Northern Arizona Healthcare CEO David Cheney started in the role on June 12. Cheney answered questions in an in-depth interview in December. Verde Valley Health Care SeriesThis is the first story in a series from an in-depth interview with new...

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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