LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN AND LEASE LOSSES - TDR ACCRUAL STATUS (Details) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) item	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) item
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans \| item	315	347
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 42,432	$ 49,580
Residential Real Estate
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans \| item	284	307
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 30,738	$ 35,209
Commercial Real Estate
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans \| item	23	26
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 10,549	$ 11,332
Construction & land development
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans \| item	5	8
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 891	$ 2,717
Commercial & Industrial
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans \| item	3	6
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 254	$ 322
Loans on nonaccrual status
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans \| item	88	86
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 10,740	$ 12,472
Minimum period for which TDRs continue to be reported as non-performing loans	9 months
Loans on nonaccrual status \| Residential Real Estate
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans \| item	79	74
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 7,467	$ 7,365
Loans on nonaccrual status \| Commercial Real Estate
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans \| item	7	9
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 3,017	$ 3,324
Loans on nonaccrual status \| Construction & land development
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans \| item	1	2
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 80	$ 1,589
Loans on nonaccrual status \| Commercial & Industrial
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans \| item	1	1
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 176	$ 194
Accrual Loans
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans \| item	227	261
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 31,692	$ 37,108
Accrual Loans \| Residential Real Estate
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans \| item	205	233
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 23,271	$ 27,844
Accrual Loans \| Commercial Real Estate
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans \| item	16	17
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 7,532	$ 8,008
Accrual Loans \| Construction & land development
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans \| item	4	6
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 811	$ 1,128
Accrual Loans \| Commercial & Industrial
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans \| item	2	5
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 78	$ 128

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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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