IMPAIRED LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES - Modified Loans (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) Number	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) Number
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| Number	1	2
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 52	$ 491
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	46	470
Specific Reserve Recorded	0	0
Valuation Allowance Recorded	$ 6	$ 21
Construction and Land Development [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| Number	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 52
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	46
Specific Reserve Recorded	0
Valuation Allowance Recorded	$ 6
Residential Real Estate [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| Number		2
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		$ 491
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		470
Specific Reserve Recorded		0
Valuation Allowance Recorded		$ 21

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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
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66008989&loc=SL6953676-111524

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