The National Park Service has added nearly 2,000 acres to the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park with the $1.95 million purchase of an oceanfront property known for a six-mile-long giant crack created by Kilauea Volcano.
The National Park Service bought four contiguous parcels totaling 1,952 acres on the Kau side of the park from Joseph Gillespie III in a transaction that closed on Aug. 20.
The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported the sale is part of a settlement between First Citizens Bank and Ken Fujiyama…
