As the setting sun is colored by smoke from the Robert Fire on July 29, 2003, a firefighting helicopter battles fires burning in Glacier National Park. The fire caused the evacuation of hundreds of homes and shut down a large section of Glacier National Park for a time during the summer of 2003.
December 27, 2009
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December 27, 2009 2 a.m.
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Stories of the decade
Editor’s note: Today marks the first installment of a Daily Inter Lake series tracing major stories from the past decade.