Maddy Heide News Today

The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! GOOD AFTERNOON, PORTLAND! If you're anything like me, you have no time for shenanigans today... so what do you say? LET'S JAM SOME NEWS! IN LOCAL NEWS: • Okay, so let me...

The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! Gooood morning, Portland! Alright, that’s enough dilly dallying—onto the headlines! In local news: • It’s increasingly difficult to buy a home in Portland, and part of the reason is real estate in...

Maddy Heide was supposed to graduate last year. That was the plan before COVID-19 came along and prompted the 22-year-old Lewis & Clark College student to take a year off from school. She spent a lot of that time outside. “I worked as a gardener for a small company that did all kinds of garden-related stuff,” Heide said. Not coincidentally, “garden-related” could also describe one of the special things about Christine, the five-song EP Heide...