LOANS - Troubled Debt Restructurings Identified (Details)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) contract	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) contract
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts \| contract	0	9
Pre-modification outstanding recorded investment	$ 0	$ 9,066,000
Recorded investment	$ 0	$ 8,938,000
Commercial & industrial
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts \| contract	0	3
Pre-modification outstanding recorded investment	$ 0	$ 2,526,000
Recorded investment	$ 0	$ 2,468,000
Owner occupied commercial real estate
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts \| contract	0	3
Pre-modification outstanding recorded investment	$ 0	$ 5,501,000
Recorded investment	$ 0	$ 5,448,000
Construction, land & land development
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts \| contract	0	2
Pre-modification outstanding recorded investment	$ 0	$ 831,000
Recorded investment	$ 0	$ 814,000
Consumer and other
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of contracts \| contract	0	1
Pre-modification outstanding recorded investment	$ 0	$ 208,000
Recorded investment	$ 0	$ 208,000

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 40
-Section 50
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