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Locals stay Optimistic despite non-relocation of Heavy Brigade Combat Team to WSMR

By Marco Grajeda

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Las Cruces, NM – U.S. Army officials announced this week they're scrapping plans, announced in 2007, of relocating a Heavy Brigade Combat Team to White Sands Missile Range. The change could mean hundreds of millions of military dollars will not benefit the local economy. However, as KRWG's Marco Grajeda reports, local businesses are staying optimistic.