Annual women's fund event set today

The eighth annual Nevada Women's Fund Salute to Women of Achievement will be held today at the Reno Hilton Theater.

The luncheon will honor Jan Evans, longtime Nevada assemblywoman and advocate for women's rights who died recently of cancer. She will be inducted into the Women's Fund Hall of Fame.

The keynote speaker will be Mimi Feller, senior vice president of public affairs and government relations for Gannett Co.

Individual tickets for the event, which begins at 11:30 a.m., are $70.