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In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Michael Wachter, left, and Georgann Wachter perform during the Conch Shell Blowing Contest, Saturday, March 4, 2023, in Key West, Fla. The ...

KEY WEST (CBSMiami/FKNB) – Several dozen fans of the fluted, pink-lined conch shell displayed their pucker power Saturday during Key West's 58th annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest in the Florida Keys.

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KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) -- A 76-year-old Maryland sailing enthusiast won the men's division of the 51st annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest in Key West on Saturday. Bill Ochse of Ocean City impressed the ...

Forty-one years ago, on April 23, 1982, a Border Patrol blockade of the Florida Keys in search of drugs and undocumented immigrants led to the birth of the Conch Republic. Infuriated Keys residents ...

IOWA CITY — Mekhi Sargent is from the Conch Republic. That's the name Key West, Fla., gave itself after it seceded from the United States in 1982. It didn't actually secede. That was a prank the mayor ...

KEY WEST, Fla.KEY WEST, Fla. — A sixth-generation Key West resident, who first blew a conch shell as a child, played two shells simultaneously to take top honors Saturday in the island’s 48th annual ...

The Conch Tour Train is a popular attraction in Key West. Gwen Filosa FLKeysNews.com A tourist was seriously injured when a Conch Tour Train hit a bicyclist in Key West, police said. Sandy King, 55, ...

A Canadian woman and a pediatric cardiologist from Georgia won the men’s and women’s contests at Key West’s annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest, using different techniques to impress Saturday’s judges.