Wasco County is down personnel in its planning office as it moves into the work of updating its land-use development and National Scenic Area ordinances. Commissioner Scott Hege says they have recently lost their planning director and senior planner, but he adds they only had 280 days from the adoption of the updated 2020 plan to get the NSA ordinance done, and state money won’t allow much push back on the land-use development ordinance work. Hege said people will be getting notifications soon about potential ordinance changes, and noted the language in the notifications are required by the state, so he encourages property owners to be engaged in the process.