RIO RANCHO — A $12.7 million contract was awarded Thursday to an Albuquerque-based contractor to build a new fire station in Rio Rancho.
Now that the Rio Rancho Governing Body approved the contract for Enterprise Builders Corp. to construct Fire Station 8, a more light-hearted question is, will the May 4 groundbreaking come with a Star Wars theme?
The question invoked by Rio Rancho Mayor Gregg Hull following a unanimous council vote got plenty of laughs in City Hall — and RR&R Chief James Wenzel played along…