The Peninsula Daily News and Bremerton Sun are two regional daily newspapers providing local coverage. Both the Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer are available for home delivery and are available on area newsstands. While there are no radio or TV stations based in the county, residents receive a broad array of programming from throughout the Puget Sound region. Summit Cable provides full cable service throughout eastern Jefferson County. Telecommunications Northern Jefferson County is served by U.S. West Communications .
Service is provided via digital transmission and includes a full array of options.
In response to Jefferson County's recent growth, the company is planning an upgrade to its facilities with a new regional switch in early 1998. U.S. West has recently provided fiber optic transmission capabilities between Port Townsend and Port Ludlow, which hook the county up to the grid already in place in the Puget Sound Region. Air Touch Cellular , formerly U.S. West Cellular, operates a cellular phone site in the county which provides service from Seattle through Jefferson County to Port Angeles. There are several Internet service providers operating in Jefferson County. Townsend Communications was the first to establish an Internet node, Olympus Net , which provides local access to the national electronic data network.