MEDICAL LAKE — The city has hired a new Parks and Recreations director who has previous administrative experience.

Glen Horton, 33, of Spokane, was hired May 15 and already working on several projects.

Horton previously worked as the recreation program supervisor for the city of Airway Heights.

“I lived in Medical Lake when I was younger, but now I live in Spokane,” Horton said, noting he became interested in the field in college.

“I went through the recreation division at Eastern Washington University and got a part-time job in Airway Heights and fell in love with it,” Horton...