MR340 Tracker
Roster →The race begins Tuesday, July 28 at 7:00 AM.
We will be posting the top 5 positions in each category in real time.
The Daily Rundown
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The Daily Rundown — Friday, July 24, 2026
Your five-minute catch-up for Friday, July 24. Here’s what matters on our stretch of the river today. Roads & I-70 Westbound I-70 traffic shifted overnight at the Route J exit…
Good News →
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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.…
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When Nights Stay Brutally Hot, New Day Opens Extra Beds Downtown
If a summer night in the coverage area is forecast to stay dangerously warm, there’s now a second door people can knock on in Columbia.…
Local News →
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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 a chunk of that money is already moving dirt a few miles from home. The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission…
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Heat, Humidity, and a Falling River: What MR340 Racers Are Walking Into This Week
If you’ve driven past Cooper’s Landing this week and wondered why the water looks lower than usual, you’re not imagining it. The…
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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…
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Fifteen Miles Downriver: What’s Actually at Cooper’s Landing
If you’ve lived here a while, you’ve probably told a visitor to “just head down to Cooper’s Landing” without stopping to explain what that actually…
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The Real Birds of a Rocheport Summer (the Eagles Are Still Months Away)
Ask most people what bird they associate with the bluffs along our stretch of the Missouri River, and bald eagle is usually the first answer.…
State News →
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Missouri congressional incumbents flush with cash heading into primary election
By Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent Missouri congressional incumbents seeking reelection hold a huge cash advantage over their leading challengers, final preprimary campaign finance reports show. The seven incumbents seeking reelection held $13.6 million in their campaign accounts on July 15, filings with the Federal Election…
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Missouri drops out of lawsuit challenging federal disability rights protections
By Steph Quinn, Missouri Independent Missouri withdrew this week from a multi-state lawsuit seeking to strike down a part of federal law…
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Our safety net was already full of holes. They’re only getting bigger
By Jessie Sicley, Missouri Independent Back when I was growing up, it seemed a bit easier to get by on next to…
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Missouri maternal deaths remain mostly preventable, sixth state report finds
By Anna Spoerre, Missouri Independent From 2019 to 2023, 340 Missourians died while pregnant or within a year after pregnancy. Of those, 108 deaths were…
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After a man dies in police custody, residents in a Missouri town demand answers
By Cara Anthony, Missouri Independent SIKESTON — Not everyone at Lloyd Gilmore’s funeral knew him well. One woman, who had ironed her clothes two days…
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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…