LOANS - Average Recorded Investment and Interest Income Recognized (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Average Recorded Investment	$ 71,630	$ 76,445	$ 72,471	$ 82,717
Interest Income Recognized	174	181	360	335
Originated
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Average Recorded Investment	59,879	44,381	59,565	45,298
Interest Income Recognized	55	24	115	39
Originated \| Commercial & industrial
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Average Recorded Investment	49,277	40,013	50,893	38,924
Interest Income Recognized	55	3	115	11
Originated \| Owner occupied commercial real estate
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Average Recorded Investment	2,318	0	1,159	0
Interest Income Recognized	0	0	0	0
Originated \| Commercial real estate
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Average Recorded Investment	2,186	1,993	1,186	3,752
Interest Income Recognized	0	0	0	0
Originated \| Construction, land & land development
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Average Recorded Investment	2,432	0	2,918	0
Interest Income Recognized	0	0	0	0
Originated \| Residential mortgage
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Average Recorded Investment	3,619	2,251	3,358	2,455
Interest Income Recognized	0	20	0	26
Originated \| Consumer and other
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Average Recorded Investment	47	124	51	167
Interest Income Recognized	0	1	0	2
Acquired
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Average Recorded Investment	11,751	32,064	12,906	37,419
Interest Income Recognized	119	157	245	296
Acquired \| Commercial & industrial
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Average Recorded Investment	8,956	19,949	9,940	24,636
Interest Income Recognized	119	133	242	272
Acquired \| Owner occupied commercial real estate
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Average Recorded Investment	1,733	8,141	1,762	8,507
Interest Income Recognized	0	0	0	0
Acquired \| Commercial real estate
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Average Recorded Investment	107	1,266	111	1,619
Interest Income Recognized	0	0	3	0
Acquired \| Construction, land & land development
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Average Recorded Investment	703	1,440	707	1,268
Interest Income Recognized	0	15	0	15
Acquired \| Residential mortgage
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Average Recorded Investment	45	1,052	176	1,244
Interest Income Recognized	0	9	0	9
Acquired \| Consumer and other
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Average Recorded Investment	207	216	210	145
Interest Income Recognized	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0

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Average amount of investment of impaired financing receivables with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section 50
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