LA 31, Ambulance Inc. of Laurel County’s newest ride, stood in a garage Wednesday waiting for its new paint job. With its cab covered with a fresh coat of light lavender and its patient compartment recently scraped of its former self, the ambulance was primed for celebrity.

Then LA 31 will forever become known as “the purple ambulance.”

Yes, Ambulance Inc. is adding another brightly-hued unit to its fleet, this one in honor of March of Dimes.