LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN AND LEASE LOSSES - AGING (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) item	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Nonacccrual Loan	$ 21,712	$ 23,337
Loans Past Due 90 Days or More and Still Accruing Interest	$ 224	322
Number of consecutive months payments received before non-accrual loans returned to accrual status (in months) \| item	6
Residential Real Estate - Owner Occupied
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Nonacccrual Loan	$ 13,197	10,903
Loans Past Due 90 Days or More and Still Accruing Interest		322
Residential Real Estate - Non Owner Occupied
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Nonacccrual Loan	935	2,352
Commercial real estate
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Nonacccrual Loan	3,941	6,151
Loans Past Due 90 Days or More and Still Accruing Interest	224
Construction & land development
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Nonacccrual Loan	1,589	1,990
Commercial & Industrial
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Nonacccrual Loan	194	169
Home equity lines of credit
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Nonacccrual Loan	1,793	1,678
Consumer: Other consumer
Aging or recorded investments in loans
Nonacccrual Loan	$ 63	$ 94

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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 7
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35738203&loc=d3e5111-111524

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