David Seidel
News DirectorDavid Seidel is proud to lead the journalists at Radio IQ and WVTF as news director. David joined the newsroom in May 2017 and brings more than 20 years of experience in broadcast journalism in Virginia. Prior to joining Radio IQ David was an assistant news director, assignment manager and producer at WDBJ Television in Roanoke. He also worked as a reporter for WHSV Television in Harrisonburg. David graduated from Washington and Lee University in Lexington with degrees in journalism and history.
David and his family love to call the Roanoke Valley their home.
-
After failing to agree on new maps for state legislative districts, Virginia's Redistricting Commission is moving on to federal Congressional districts. -
The number of new COVID-19 cases in the Roanoke area continued to trend down over the past week. And the number of hospitalizations is also lower.
-
The number of new cases in its region dropped by about 40% over the past two weeks. The hospital system is treating 324 COVID-19 patients. While that’s still a troubling number, it’s down from a high of 413 a few weeks ago.
-
The health district that serves the Roanoke Valley and parts of the Alleghany Highlands reported 1,130 new cases over the past week. That’s about 40 fewer than the week before.
-
Governor Ralph Northam had sharp words for Virginians who have chosen not to get vaccinated against COVID-19.But, the governor admitted he’s running out of ideas to convince them to get the shot.
-
The health district that serves the Roanoke area is reporting case and hospitalization numbers as high as last winter's surge.
-
The General Assembly’s watchdog agency presented a scathing interim report on the Virginia Employment Commission’s performance during the pandemic. And auditors say additional oversight of the VEC is probably needed.
-
Some localities in the Central Virginia health District are hitting positivity rates of 25% and daily case averages that are the highest since the start of the pandemic.
-
The director of the Roanoke City-Alleghany Health District reported 957 new cases over the past week.
-
The hospital system serving the southwest corner of Virginia and northeast Tennessee experienced 5 record days of COVID-19 hospitalizations.
