JMN is live at the Jacksonville Zoo & Botanical Gardens, showcasing the "ReZOOvenation" with the new VyStar Skyscape Entrance and the J. Wayne & Delores Barr Weaver Manatee River habitat. Wildlife Wanderer Curtis Dvorak joins JMN with details of the new features.

This week's local business spotlight is on Emangeo's Brick Oven Pizza, serving fresh pizza with that New Haven style char! They have locations in Baymeadows, Green Cove Springs, and a mobile Food Truck for events near you! Visit EMANGEOSBRICKOVENPIZZA.COM for more info!

FRI – One of the big drivers for inflation is the rising cost of energy. Why is power getting so much more expensive? Clark says it is because of increased big data centers and artificial intelligence. We’re paying the increasing costs, while big tech companies are making billions and trillions! Clark looks at ways we can change that.

Hubbard House is launching a new domestic violence initiative, raising awareness through a partnership with TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico. Hubbard House CEO Dr. Gail Patin and TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico President Kevin Kendrick join JMN to discuss the intiative. TOTE will unveil a 40-foot shipping container with Hubbard House branding to raise awareness of domestic violence and the support available for survivors in the Jacksonville area, Southeastern US, and Puerto Rico. The crisis contact number is 1-800-799-SAFE (7233).

Chase Robinson from First Coast Crime Stoppers joins JMN to promote their upcoming 12th Annual Charity Sporting Clay Shoot, April 9 at Jacksonville Clay Target Sports. The fundraiser benefits FCCS Non-Profit 501(c)(3). Visit FCCRIMESTOPPERS.COM for registration information. If you have a tip that could help solve a crime, call 866-845-TIPS (8477).

THU – Clark says that health care was the biggest growth industry last year. That doesn’t just mean doctors, nurses, and techs though – there are lots of health-care-adjacent fields – like technology, insurance, and mechanical and skilled labor – are needed in hospital systems. So your skills may be more transferable to health care than you realize!

Jeff McCausland looks at the possible duration and escalating costs of Operation: Epic Fury, a legitimate concern on the heels of the previous twenty-year war in Afghanistan. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will visit CENTCOM (US Central Command) in Tampa today, to receive updates on the latest engagements and troop/resource deployment, as agendas include evacuating Americans from the region, providing security through the Strait of Hormuz, and crippling Iranian/IRGC infrastructure to limit their military and government coordination efforts.

OEF latest - Iran's continued attcks throughout the Middle East continues to disrupt global shipping, transportation, and travel. Jonathan looks at what's being done to get stuck Americans out of the region, by means of government and/or chartered flights.

WOKV military analyst Col. Chris Budihas joins JMN with insight on the latest developments in Operation: Epic Fury. There is global concern about the methods used to take out Iranian leadership, but the majority of opinions regard it as a positive and necessary change. While there is favor for the mission's broad goals of regime change, democracy advancement, and nuclear limitation, there is also concern about how long it will go on, and there is legislative concern about President Trump's course of action without congressional approval or oversight.

Doug Alred, Gate River Run longtime director, shares details of this year's event and memories of events past since its inauguation in 1978. The Runners' Expo is today and Friday, 10am-6pm, at Mandarin Point Shopping Center (12200 San Jose Blvd). The Gate River Run has a new start & finish point downtown, with the run itself Saturday starting at 8am. Visit GATERIVERRUN15K.COM for more information.