LOANS - Troubled Debt Restructurings (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) loan	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($) loan	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) loan	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($) loan
Troubled Debt Restructurings
Troubled debt restructurings, number of contracts \| loan	0	1	0	4
Troubled debt restructurings, post-modification recorded investment \| $	$ 0	$ 70	$ 0	$ 222
Home equity lines of credit \| Monthly Payment Reduction and Extended Maturity Date [Member]
Troubled Debt Restructurings
Troubled debt restructurings, number of contracts \| loan			0	1
Troubled debt restructurings, post-modification recorded investment \| $			$ 0	$ 24
Home equity lines of credit \| Reduced monthly payments for eighteen-month period
Troubled Debt Restructurings
Troubled debt restructurings, number of contracts \| loan	0	1	0	1
Troubled debt restructurings, post-modification recorded investment \| $	$ 0	$ 70	$ 0	$ 70
Residential mortgage \| Real estate loan \| first liens \| Reduced monthly payments for a fifteen-month period
Troubled Debt Restructurings
Troubled debt restructurings, number of contracts \| loan			0	1
Troubled debt restructurings, post-modification recorded investment \| $			$ 0	$ 116
Residential mortgage \| Real estate loan \| first liens \| Monthly Payment Reduction and Extended Maturity Date [Member]
Troubled Debt Restructurings
Troubled debt restructurings, number of contracts \| loan			0	1
Troubled debt restructurings, post-modification recorded investment \| $			$ 0	$ 12

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-Publisher FASB
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