Vernon Loeb, The Washington Post’s local editor and the co-author of Paula Broadwell’s biography of her lover, former CIA Director David Petraeus, is finally breaking his silence.

Vernon Loeb, an editor at The Washington Post who co-wrote Paula Broadwell’s biography of former CIA Director David Petraeus, has been rather silent on his co-author’s involvement in Petraeus’ downfall.

Jim Romenesko passes along the news that Vernon Loeb, currently a deputy managing editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer, will be returning to the Washington Post to serve as its new Local Editor. It sounds like a good move for the Post — Loeb’s got plenty of experience dealing with the ins and outs of D.C., having previously covered Marion Barry’s fourth term as mayor for the Post’s B section.