LOANS, Investment in loans Disaggregated Based on Method of Evaluating Impairment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Recorded Investment [Abstract]
Individually Evaluated	$ 5,961	$ 9,360
Collectively Evaluated	1,956,648	1,947,837
Allowance for Loan Losses [Abstract]
Individually Evaluated	439	241
Collectively Evaluated	23,737	22,885
Commercial Real Estate [Member]
Recorded Investment [Abstract]
Individually Evaluated	331	1,819
Collectively Evaluated	520,356	536,218
Allowance for Loan Losses [Abstract]
Individually Evaluated	0	0
Collectively Evaluated	5,144	5,579
Commercial [Member] \| Specialized [Member]
Recorded Investment [Abstract]
Individually Evaluated	586	2,116
Collectively Evaluated	316,276	302,906
Allowance for Loan Losses [Abstract]
Individually Evaluated	0	0
Collectively Evaluated	2,799	2,516
Commercial [Member] \| General [Member]
Recorded Investment [Abstract]
Individually Evaluated	2,660	2,950
Collectively Evaluated	396,249	424,778
Allowance for Loan Losses [Abstract]
Individually Evaluated	404	233
Collectively Evaluated	8,504	7,940
Consumer [Member] \| 1-4 Family Residential [Member]
Recorded Investment [Abstract]
Individually Evaluated	2,384	2,475
Collectively Evaluated	356,776	343,678
Allowance for Loan Losses [Abstract]
Individually Evaluated	35	8
Collectively Evaluated	2,603	2,241
Consumer [Member] \| Auto Loans [Member]
Recorded Investment [Abstract]
Individually Evaluated	0	0
Collectively Evaluated	212,529	191,647
Allowance for Loan Losses [Abstract]
Individually Evaluated	0	0
Collectively Evaluated	3,017	2,994
Consumer [Member] \| Other Consumer [Member]
Recorded Investment [Abstract]
Individually Evaluated	0	0
Collectively Evaluated	70,338	70,209
Allowance for Loan Losses [Abstract]
Individually Evaluated	0	0
Collectively Evaluated	1,153	1,192
Construction [Member]
Recorded Investment [Abstract]
Individually Evaluated	0	0
Collectively Evaluated	84,124	78,401
Allowance for Loan Losses [Abstract]
Individually Evaluated	0	0
Collectively Evaluated	$ 517	$ 423

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