LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES - Troubled Debt Restructings (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) contract loan borrower	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) contract
Details related to loans identified as Troubled Debt Restructurings (TDRs):
Specific reserve allocations for TDR's	$ 672	$ 582
Troubled debt restructured loans defaulted	$ 9,300	$ 9,400
Number of Contracts \| contract	2	3
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 1,166	$ 4,491
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 1,166	$ 4,288
Commercial
Details related to loans identified as Troubled Debt Restructurings (TDRs):
Number of Contracts \| contract	1	2
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 1,076	$ 4,102
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 1,076	$ 3,906
Commercial Business
Details related to loans identified as Troubled Debt Restructurings (TDRs):
Number of Contracts \| contract		1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		$ 3,606
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		$ 3,606
Commercial Real Estate
Details related to loans identified as Troubled Debt Restructurings (TDRs):
Number of Contracts \| contract	1	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 1,076	$ 496
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 1,076	300
Acquisition & Development
Details related to loans identified as Troubled Debt Restructurings (TDRs):
Troubled debt restructured number of loans defaulted \| loan	3
Number of borrowers \| borrower	2
Acquisition & Development \| Borrower One
Details related to loans identified as Troubled Debt Restructurings (TDRs):
Troubled debt restructured loans defaulted	$ 2,500
Acquisition & Development \| Borrower Two
Details related to loans identified as Troubled Debt Restructurings (TDRs):
Troubled debt restructured loans defaulted		$ 3,400
Residential real estate
Details related to loans identified as Troubled Debt Restructurings (TDRs):
Number of Contracts \| contract	1	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 90	$ 389
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 90	$ 382

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