MR340 Tracker
The race begins Tuesday, July 28 at 7:00 AM.
We will be posting the top 5 positions in each category in real time.
We strive for near real-time depictions but do not guarantee the accuracy of our data. MR340 safety information →
The Daily Rundown
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The Daily Rundown — Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Your five-minute catch-up for Wednesday, July 29. Here’s what matters on our stretch of the river today. Easing Up, A Little The worst of the heat has passed, for now.…
Good News →
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Heart of Missouri United Way Throws an 80th Birthday Party for the Community
Eighty years is a long time to keep showing up for your neighbors, and Heart of Missouri United Way is marking the milestone with a…
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A Former Rock Bridge Star Brings the Game Back to His Community
If you drove past Rock Bridge High School this summer and saw a gym full of kids working on their jump shots, there’s a good…
Local News →
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The Remade River: How the Army Corps Channelized the Missouri
The Missouri River gauge at Boonville read 7.58 feet this morning, well under flood stage and still falling — a calm, ordinary river day. But “calm and ordinary” is itself the product of nearly a century of engineering. The Missouri River you see from the…
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Heart of Missouri United Way Throws an 80th Birthday Party for the Community
Eighty years is a long time to keep showing up for your neighbors, and Heart of Missouri United Way is marking the…
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The Tax That Keeps the Katy Trail Free Is Back on the Ballot
If you like that Missouri’s state parks don’t charge an entrance fee, or that the Katy Trail through Rocheport is free to…
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As Flash Floods Get Meaner, Mid-Missouri Fire Crews Retrain for the Water
If you’ve watched a summer storm turn a low-water crossing near the river bottoms into something you wouldn’t want to cross, you already understand why…
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A Former Rock Bridge Star Brings the Game Back to His Community
If you drove past Rock Bridge High School this summer and saw a gym full of kids working on their jump shots, there’s a good…
State News →
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Rural Missouri’s future depends on its public schools
By Kevin Sandlin, Missouri Independent Next month, a child waiting for the bus in a rural district may stand beside a two-lane road, looking across land that has been in one family for generations. But more and more, that will not be the case. Rural…
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Missouri Republicans threaten library funding over ‘rainbow story time’
By Annelise Hanshaw, Missouri Independent Missouri Republican officials threatened Tuesday to cut state funding for Columbia’s public library after staff held a…
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Missouri hospitals seek to address workforce challenges as turnover rates rise
By Emma Harper, Missouri Independent About five years after hospitals were hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, workforce trends appear to be…
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Abortion returns to southwest Missouri after more than two decades without local access
By Anna Spoerre, Missouri Independent It’s been nearly 21 years since Missourians living in Springfield could access abortion without driving at least a couple hours.…
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Missouri’s shift to phonics-based reading instruction worries some teachers
By Hannah Race, Missouri Independent It is no secret that Missouri struggles to achieve proficiency in reading. In 2024, 42% of Missouri’s fourth grade students…
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About Rocheport
Rocheport, MO — a historic river town of ~200 on the Missouri River bluffs. Home to Katy Trail trailhead, award-winning wineries, and a strong sense of community.
Guides →
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Kaw Point to St. Charles, mile by mile — Part 3: Miami to Glasgow
Downstream from Lexington and Waverly, the MR340 course keeps unspooling through Missouri’s midsection, and this stretch brings racers past two more towns that shaped the…
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Kaw Point to St. Charles, mile by mile — Part 2: Lexington to Waverly
Roughly a day’s paddling downstream from the Kaw Point start, MR340 racers pass two of the river’s oldest Missouri towns: Lexington and Waverly. Neither is…
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Chasing the Reaper: The MR340’s Rolling Cutoff, and the Crew Who Run It
If you’re one of the more than 600 paddlers checking in at Kaw Point in Kansas City on Monday, you already know about the Reaper.…
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Kaw Point to St. Charles, mile by mile — Part 1: Kaw Point & the Kansas City start
Every mile of the MR340 tells a story before the race ever gets there. We’re running this course mile by mile over the next two…