Amanda Dickson
Opinion: Is everyone you know sick in Utah?
Does it seem like people are more people are sick in Utah? The numbers are there to back up that viruses — yes multiple — are working their way around.1 year ago
Opinion: We love our Utes, lose or win at the Rose Bowl
We watched the Utes lose the final Rose Bowl game as we know it. But love them anyway — it's how you know you're a real fan.1 year ago
Opinion: Do real University of Utah football fans travel with the team?
If you don't travel with the University of Utah football team, does that mean you're not a rabid fan? Is there a way to be a fan from home?1 year ago
Opinion: Children’s medicine shelves are empty and I’m worried
There are drug shortages across the nation, but the one affecting children's medicine really hit home. Tylenol and ibuprofen proved tricky to find in this search.1 year ago
Opinion: Budgeting when you live below the poverty line
If you're living below the poverty level, it can be hard to buy the things you need. Here's how one school assignment is trying to give more insight.1 year ago
Opinion: The long and winding road to the championship
Never give up, not on each other, the children, or life. We may be down, but never out. Keep fighting for the things we hold dear. We believe in each other.1 year ago
Opinion: What we know that just ain’t so
Like Mark Twain famously said, "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so."1 year ago
Opinion: We are citizens, not consumers.
Because we act like consumers, we stand at a distance, judgmental and opinionated, but never about our own role.2 years ago
Opinion: Is Democracy on the ballot?
At its core, what is our democracy based on? The USA believes in the integrity of the vote and the peaceful transfer of power that follows.2 years ago
Opinion: As winter approaches, I ask, ‘What are your snow memories?’
As the first snow of winter begins to fall in Salt Lake City, KSL NewsRadio host Amanda Dickson recalls her memories of snow.2 years ago
Opinion: BYU fans — please don’t boo your team
Aiden's first game in a college stadium was the BYU vs. Baylor game this year. He talked about his sport-induced joy for days.2 years ago
Opinion: Family — it’s why we love football
He describes how he came to love BYU football by going to games with his dad. It was a family affair. I felt the truth of that in my bones.2 years ago
Opinion: My new side hustle — substitute teaching in Salt Lake City
I don't know when I was more nervous, the first time I ran the board at KSL NewsRadio or my first time substitute teaching 5th graders.2 years ago
Opinion: Working Conference Weekend
Some of the weekends that I remember best and thoroughly enjoyed were conference weekends. Times were different, but the memories hold true.2 years ago
Opinion: Hurricane days were like snow days
For those who have spent time in Florida, like KSL NewsRadio's Amanda Dickson, hurricane days are much like snow days here in Utah.2 years ago
Opinion: Time out on the field
One of my first jobs when I started at KSL in 1990 was running the board for BYU games, football and basketball.2 years ago
Quantum computing of “great concern” to Rep. Chris Stewart
Stewart's concern about quantum computing is linked to encryption, national security, and a potential national security breach.2 years ago
Provo university hopes to reduce shortage of mental health practitioners
Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions, in Provo, graduated its first class of counselors this year.2 years ago
Can the average Utahn afford to go solar?
With power bills going up around the country, more people are investigating the option of going solar. When you add in federal and state incentives, is it affordable for the average Utahn?2 years ago
Breaking the cycle of violence with Camp Hope
Camp Hope is a program for kids and teens who are impacted by the work of the Salt Lake County District Attorney.2 years ago
John Curtis: “We must come to terms with fossil fuels being a part of our future.”
In a speech to the Sutherland Institute, Rep. John Curtis says he's one Republican that is willing to talk about climate.2 years ago
Rep. Chris Stewart says federalism will cure what ails America
Rep. Chris Stewart spoke at the Sutherland Institute for its Congressional Series on Tuesday and spoke on the current state of the country,2 years ago
Understanding the changing power grid, and that the power comes from us
A solar engineer questions recent public comments by public officials about the strength of the American power grid.2 years ago
