Darby Montana

A luxury guest ranch in western Montana has been nominated for a prestigious award, but this certainly isn't the first time they've won, or been nominated for that matter.

Some say that the whole state is like one giant Christmas town, but I think there are a few towns that have something a little extra that makes them feel special at Christmas.

Here are my picks for the best staycations or vacations within two hours of Missoula.

State wildlife officials say a wolf pup was killed when it was struck by a car on U.S. Highway 93 about two miles south of Darby. Fish, Wildlife and Parks Warden Lou Royce says the female pup was killed either late Sunday night or Monday morning.

Trappers have captured and euthanized a second wolf near a Darby-area ranch where a horse was found dead three weeks ago. The male yearling wolf was caught on national forest land Saturday about half a mile from the Two Feathers Ranch south of Darby.

Wildlife officials say they have killed the last two of four wolves believed to have been involved in livestock depredations on a ranch in the Sapphire Mountains east of Darby. Liz Bradley, a wolf management specialist with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, says federal Wildlife Services agents killed the wolves during a helicopter hunt Thursday and put a radio collar on another yearling male near

Government trappers have killed two of the four wolves believed to be involved in recent livestock depredations on a ranch in southern Ravalli County. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Warden Lou Royce says a female wolf was caught in a trap and euthanized Sunday...