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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."

A few answers to our newspaper’s common questions

As one of the only local newspapers in the area, residents turn to us to tell the ongoing story of the community. Our phones...

Slide Fire is over, but this year’s fire season is still young

Just after 2 p.m. on June 4, the U.S. Forest Service issued its final update regarding the Slide Fire, announcing the blaze, which consumed...

Closure of Sedona Film School leaves void in Verde Valley

Two weekends ago as the Slide Fire raged in Oak Creek Canyon, I spent most of it indoors out of the smoke and updating...

21,200-acre wildfire closes Oak Creek Canyon north of Uptown Sedona

Oak Creek Canyon is closed north of Slide Rock State Park due to a working fire. Emergency responders are turning back vehicles at...

Advice for the high school graduates of the Class of 2014

To the graduating Class of 2014, as you are soon to leave high school, I offer some advice. Take what you need:Wear sunscreen. I...

Charity ride bicyclist killed

A bicyclist participating in the BikeMS race was killed Saturday, May 17, following a traffic accident on Cornville Road.Just before 12:30 p.m. Yavapai County...

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