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 — Friday, July 31, 2026
Your five-minute catch-up for Friday, July 31. Here’s what matters on our stretch of the river today. Around the Counties Boone County’s blood supply just hit a one-day low. The…
Good News →
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Know a Local Hero? Nominations Open for the Tom S. Hurley Public Safety Service Award
If you know someone in Boone County who has quietly gone above and beyond this year — a neighbor who talked a stranger through a…
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Two Weeks In, Columbia’s New Shelter Campus Is Already Housing 125+ People a Night
If someone in Boone County has nowhere to sleep tonight, there’s now one address to know: the Opportunity Campus, which opened July 13 at 1300…
Local News →
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Know a Local Hero? Nominations Open for the Tom S. Hurley Public Safety Service Award
If you know someone in Boone County who has quietly gone above and beyond this year — a neighbor who talked a stranger through a crisis, a volunteer who showed up when a fire crew needed an extra set of hands, an organization that kept…
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Boonville’s Liberty Sister Gets Her Shine Back After 75 Years
If you’ve parked outside the Cooper County Courthouse in Boonville anytime in the last 75 years, you’ve walked past her without necessarily…
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Two Weeks In, Columbia’s New Shelter Campus Is Already Housing 125+ People a Night
If someone in Boone County has nowhere to sleep tonight, there’s now one address to know: the Opportunity Campus, which opened July…
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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…
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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…
State News →
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Missouri governor fills long-vacant teacher seat on state education board
By Annelise Hanshaw, Missouri Independent Gov. Mike Kehoe appointed a former mayor of St. Louis and a Kansas City math teacher to the State Board of Education Thursday, filling a voting seat representing the 1st Congressional District and an advisory position reserved for a classroom…
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Vast produce supply chain complicates tracking cyclospora in Missouri and Kansas
By Meg Cunningham, Missouri Independent The same food supply chain that lets restaurants serve nearly identical produce in Missouri, Michigan or California…
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Judge promises quick decision on challenge to Missouri property tax caps
By Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent A Cole County judge said Wednesday he will rule quickly on a case that will determine if…
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What Missouri officials didn’t explain about an LGBTQ+ library story time
By Jason Hancock, Missouri Independent Denny Hoskins wants to cut a library’s funding over two books he has not read. He Googled them, saw excerpts…
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Attempt to halt imminent deportations of Haitians and Syrians blocked in US Senate
By Ariana Figueroa, Missouri Independent WASHINGTON — U.S. Maryland Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen Wednesday tried to advance in the Senate a bill that would…
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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 4: Glasgow to Franklin Island
Downstream from Glasgow, the Missouri keeps unspooling toward home — and this stretch is the one where the MR340 course finally starts feeling like ours.…
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The Brainless Blob on Your Tree: What’s That Slime Mold in Town?
If you’ve walked past a tree stump or a pile of mulch around town this summer and seen something that looks like scrambled eggs —…
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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…