Guard's trip is canceled.

Byline: Alanna Durkin

AUGUSTA, Maine -- The planned deployment of a Maine National Guard unit to Kuwait next year has been canceled, officials said Friday, because it would complicate the company's scheduled transition to an infantry unit -- a move that Republican Gov. Paul LePage has vowed to stop in its tracks.

The 136th Engineer Company headquartered in Skowhegan had been planning to deploy in the spring of 2016 to conduct installation upgrades and support the drawdown of American forces in Afghanistan. But Brig. Gen. Gerard Bolduc said 160-member unit will no longer deploy because it's...