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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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 and looked at some pictures. For Missouri’s secretary of state, that was enough. The books are “Rainbowsaurus,” the tale of…
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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…
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Campaign spending accelerates as Missouri primary election draws near
By Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent Ballot measure campaigns raised almost $40 million through the third week of July as they paid for…
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Since death penalty’s return 50 years ago, Missouri executes prisoners at high rate
By Katie Moore, Missouri Independent For more than two decades, Vincent McFadden has been sitting on Missouri’s death row. He’s watched a steady stream of…
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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…
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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…