That may be true for you since you have the two-year price lock. For those without the price lock, the (total) price did go up by $5 per month.
Based on what I have seen lately in the Dish advertising flyers in the junk mail, Dish is changing the way they are marketing Flex Pack. The words "Flex Pack" no longer appear in the body of the ad (although "Flex Pack" does still appear in the fine print at the bottom of the ad to explain the $39.99 offer) and there is no longer any indication that the locals are a separate pack, they are listed as included in the $39.99 price. I know that other people have posted an explanation that this is done to make it easier to compare Flex Pack to other packages that include locals. However, considering the rumor that Flex Pack is going away, I could easily see Dish automatically bundling the locals with Flex Pack and taking away the option to remove them, rather than expand the ability to remove locals to other packages.