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Christopher Fox Graham

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."

Bodycam video released; driver shot April 12 after altercation with Cottonwood police officer has died from injuries

The driver of a vehicle stopped by a Cottonwood Police Department officer, who was subsequently shot by the officer after a physical altercation, has...

New abortion ban claims 1864 statute overrides 2022 law

On Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled in Planned Parenthood v. Mayes and Hazelrigg that a statute drafted in 1864, some 48 years before...

Physical altercation with driver ends in officer-involved shooting, both hospitalized

At 7:50 p.m. on Friday, April 12, a Cottonwood police officer conducted a traffic stop in the 500 block of S. 12th St., Cottonwood,...

Yavapai College Governing Board to ignore Sedona and the Verde Valley as a permanent policy

On Wednesday, March 26, we published a story about the Yavapai College Governing Board meeting on Jan. 16, at which the board discussed ending...

Recall petitions filed to remove Lisa DuVernay from Cottonwood City Council

Cottonwood resident Cathy Ransom submitted the petitions to recall Cottonwood City Councilwoman Lisa DuVernay to the City Clerk on Tuesday, March 5. DuVernay did not...

House Bill 2477 naming ‘Pluto’ the state of Arizona planet isn’t crazy, it’s inspiring

On Saturday, Feb. 17, I was asked to perform two slam poems at Lowell Observatory’s I Heart Pluto Festival, held at the Orpheum Theatre...

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