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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...

Martin Luther King Jr. helped to change America, with poet Langston Hughes’ help

Monday, Jan. 15, marks the 95th anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther King Jr., one of the great civil rights leaders of American history, whose birthday has been a federal holiday since 1986 and observed in all 50...

Science is true, whether or not you believe in it

Given the ongoing discussion since last April about the danger allegedly posed and damage supposedly caused by OHVs, residents were certainly awaiting the city of Sedona’s technical study of the alleged problem with great anticipation. Many OHV opponents and perhaps...

Demand council work with ADOT to improve traffic

Sedona residents and visitors experienced tremendous backups throughout Sedona last week due in part to our terrible road infrastructure coupled with road construc­tion in Uptown to build a dedicated left-turn lane between L’Auberge Lane and Forest Road. There really isn’t...

Investigation details the sexual harassment of numerous female city staffers by Cottonwood City Councilman Derek Palosaari

Following an initial report of sexual harassment by Cottonwood City Councilman Derek Palosaari of a female city of Cottonwood employee, a subsequent internal investigation has discovered numerous incidents of sexual harassment, sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior by Palosaari toward...

Make a new year’s resolution to run for City Council

Lots of people make annual New Year’s resolutions starting on Jan. 1, such as saving money, doing more volunteering, losing weight, spending more time with family, eliminating a vice or reducing a bad habit. Some of these are easier...

Welcome 2024 and hope for a good new year

In looking back at 2023, I would invite all our readers to make a list of all the positive things they have experienced this year and see how long you can make it. https://www.youtube.com/live/VfNzSjXENKo?si=FLO7JQN84OwceGt3 Last year, one of my friends made...

Vincent Randall, a teacher, Apache scholar and former Yavapai-Apache Nation Tribal Council chairman has died

Vincent Edward Randall, 83, died around 6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 16, according to his family. The Yavapai-Apache Nation announced funeral services will take place Friday and Saturday, Dec. 22 and 23. Randall was an enrolled member of the Yavapai-Apache Nation, Dilzhé’e...

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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