LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN AND LEASE LOSSES - ALLOWANCE ACTIVITY (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended												12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				$ 24,410				$ 23,026				$ 23,729	$ 24,410	$ 23,026	$ 23,729
Provision for loan and lease losses	$ 2,074	$ 2,233	$ 904	185	$ 1,359	$ 1,510	$ 693	(703)	$ 503	$ 2,200	$ 905	(625)	5,396	2,859	2,983
Loans charged-off													(3,972)	(3,563)	(6,185)
Recoveries													1,657	2,088
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	27,491				24,410				23,026				27,491	24,410	23,026
Loans	3,299,119				3,016,085								3,299,119	3,016,085
Residential Real Estate - Owner Occupied
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				8,565				7,816				7,006	8,565	7,816	7,006
Provision for loan and lease losses													50	1,448	2,411
Loans charged-off													(622)	(836)	(1,886)
Recoveries													308	137	285
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	8,301				8,565				7,816				8,301	8,565	7,816
Owner Occupied - Correspondent
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				567									567
Provision for loan and lease losses													56	567
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	623				567								623	567
Residential Real Estate - Non Owner Occupied
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				837				1,023				1,049	837	1,023	1,049
Provision for loan and lease losses													331	(28)	43
Loans charged-off													(126)	(185)	(241)
Recoveries													10	27	172
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	1,052				837				1,023				1,052	837	1,023
Commercial real estate
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				7,740				8,309				8,843	7,740	8,309	8,843
Provision for loan and lease losses													344	144	539
Loans charged-off													(546)	(868)	(1,190)
Recoveries													98	155	117
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	7,636				7,740				8,309				7,636	7,740	8,309
Commercial real estate - purchased whole loans
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				34				34				34	34	34	34
Provision for loan and lease losses													2
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	36				34				34				36	34	34
Construction & land development
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				926				1,296				2,769	926	1,296	2,769
Provision for loan and lease losses													377	(441)	(902)
Loans charged-off														(18)	(619)
Recoveries														89	48
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	1,303				926				1,296				1,303	926	1,296
Commercial & Industrial
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				1,167				1,089				580	1,167	1,089	580
Provision for loan and lease losses													282	(16)	876
Loans charged-off													(56)	(20)	(466)
Recoveries													62	114	99
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	1,455				1,167				1,089				1,455	1,167	1,089
Lease Financing Receivables
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				25									25
Provision for loan and lease losses													64	25
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	89				25								89	25
Warehouse lines of credit
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				799				449				541	799	449	541
Provision for loan and lease losses													168	350	(92)
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	967				799				449				967	799	449
Home equity lines of credit
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				2,730				2,396				2,348	2,730	2,396	2,348
Provision for loan and lease losses													584	699	515
Loans charged-off													(466)	(548)	(632)
Recoveries													148	183	165
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	2,996				2,730				2,396				2,996	2,730	2,396
Consumer: Republic Processing Group Loans
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				44									44
Provision for loan and lease losses													2,331	(533)	(845)
Loans charged-off													(971)	(5)
Recoveries													295	582	845
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	1,699				44								1,699	44
Consumer: Credit cards
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				285				289				210	285	289	210
Provision for loan and lease losses													256	49	202
Loans charged-off													(146)	(88)	(142)
Recoveries													53	35	19
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	448				285				289				448	285	289
Consumer: Overdrafts
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				382				199				198	382	199	198
Provision for loan and lease losses													255	383	191
Loans charged-off													(598)	(591)	(601)
Recoveries													312	391	411
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	351				382				199				351	382	199
Consumer: Purchased Whole Loans
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				185									185
Provision for loan and lease losses													322	185
Loans charged-off													(123)
Recoveries													8
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	392				185								392	185
Consumer: Other consumer
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				$ 124				126				151	124	126	151
Provision for loan and lease losses													(26)	27	45
Loans charged-off													(318)	(404)	(408)
Recoveries													363	375	338
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	$ 143				$ 124				126				$ 143	124	126
Unallocated
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year								$ 23,026				$ 23,729		$ 23,026	23,729
Provision for loan and lease losses															2,983
Loans charged-off															(6,185)
Recoveries															2,499
Allowance for loan losses at end of year									$ 23,026						$ 23,026