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Good morning. Salt Lake City will have a high of 42° and a low of 25°.

On this day in 2018, a "super blue blood moon" occurred. Apparently, a lot of Utahns didn't get to see it due to the clouds that night. If you missed it too, our Deseret News photographers immortalized it here.

Also on our mind today: how a former D1 quarterback started selling hope to athletes, why a Utah senator is fundraising for a Wyoming representative and why you should quit your job if you want to make more money.

2021 employment in the West, by the numbers

The Intermountain West’s labor market was a story of extremes in 2021.

1.9%: The unemployment rate in Utah in December 2021 — the second-lowest rate in the country
6.4%: Nevada's unemployment rate in December 2021 — the second-highest in the nation
2,183,000: The number of Utah workers laid off in 2021
2,530,000: The number of Utah workers who quit their jobs in 2021
4.5 million: The total number of people in the U.S. who quit their jobs in November 2021 — the highest per month ever
$26.48: The average hourly wage in Idaho in 2021 — the lowest in the Intermountain West
$29.54: The 2021 average hourly wage in Utah
$31.95: The average hourly wage in Colorado in 2021 — the highest in the Intermountain West

What do the numbers mean? Read more from K. Sophie Will.

Why Utah Sen. Mitt Romney is raising money for Liz Cheney’s reelection campaign

Context: Utah Sen. Mitt Romney and Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney are among a group of Republicans who voted to impeach or convict former President Donald Trump following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Both repeatedly pushed back against Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was stolen.

What's happening: Romney is scheduled to be the featured guest at a March 14 fundraiser for Cheney at the home of Bobbie Kilberg, a well-connected Virginia Republican who lined up against Trump during his 2016 bid for the White House, according to an invitation seen by Reuters.

Despite their differences with Trump, Romney and Cheney largely voted for his policies during his term in office. Still, Republicans in their home states have rebuked Cheney and Romney over their impeachment votes.

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Eric Weddle, Matt Gay lead 6 Utah ties who are headed to Super Bowl LVI

Super Bowl LVI will have plenty of representation from the University of Utah.

Thanks to the Los Angeles Rams rallying from 10 points down in the fourth quarter to beat the San Francisco 49ers 20-17 in Sunday’s NFC championship game, three former Utes will play in the Super Bowl in two weeks.

Two of them — Eric Weddle and Matt Gay — both came up huge in the Los Angeles win.