Photo courtesy of the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office
There is major flooding in Rimrock, Lake Montezuma and areas along Wet Beaver Creek. The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office urges resident to please evacuate or move to higher ground. Do not drive across flooded roads or crossings.
There is an Evacuation Center at the Camp Verde Parks and Recreation Department, 395 S. Main St. in downtown Camp Verde. If you have an emergency Call 911.
For questions regarding the flooding or evacuations please call the phone bank at (928) 442-5103.
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."
