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Army Reserves leaving Hurley Industrial Park

HURLEY - To reduce costs, the U.S. Army has decided to merge several Reserve units around the country, including closing the 312th Engineer Company in Hurley.

The Reserve unit has been housed in the Hurley Industrial Park for more than 30 years and has rented the training center from the Iron County Resource Development Association, Inc.

"The development corporation built the building and it was designed specifically for the Reserves," said Jack Giovanoni, president of the ICRDA. "Because of the design and the variety of different spaces in the building, we are going to have to be a littl...