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 — Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Your five-minute catch-up for Tuesday, July 28. Here’s what matters on our stretch of the river today. Still Hot This Afternoon The heat advisory isn’t done with us yet. The…
Good News →
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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…
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Home Safe: Boone County’s Rescue Team Returns From the Texas Border
Missouri Task Force One touched back down in Boone County Sunday afternoon, and for once, the best part of the story is what didn’t happen.…
Local News →
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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 walk any day of the year, thank a sales tax you’ve probably never noticed at the register. Missouri’s Parks, Soils and Water Sales…
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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…
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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,…
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A Community Relay Carries 65 Years of Books Into Boonville’s New Library Home
If you’ve driven down Main Street in Boonville any time in the last 65 years, you’ve probably ducked into the Boonslick Regional Library’s Cooper County…
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Missouri’s New $13.3 Billion Road Plan — and What It Means for the I-70 Widening Through Here
Missouri just locked in how it plans to spend $13.3 billion on roads, bridges, airports, and rail crossings over the next five years — and…
State News →
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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. That ended Monday. The city’s Planned Parenthood clinic began offering medication abortion this week, ending a stretch that started in…
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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…
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After voucher data leak, Missouri treasurer’s office pointed at its contractor
By Annelise Hanshaw, Missouri Independent Newly released emails show that when the Missouri State Treasurer’s Office learned in April that spreadsheets on…
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Former DOJ lawyer blames Missouri senators for inciting death threats against her
By Kennedy Voss, Missouri Independent WASHINGTON — Former Justice Department lawyer Elizabeth Oyer has posted a video to YouTube blaming Missouri Republican Sens. Eric Schmitt…
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The weird world of Missouri campaign B-roll
By Jason Hancock, Missouri Independent It’s one of my favorite times of the election year: B-roll season. Across Missouri, candidates are posting B-roll — the…
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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 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…
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The Rocheport Bank That Grew Into an Empire: W.S. Woods
Walk Rocheport’s Main Street today and you won’t find a bank. But in 1869, this small river town is where a Missouri doctor-turned-merchant put down…