LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN AND LEASE LOSSES - ALLOWANCE ACTIVITY (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				$ 27,491				$ 24,410	$ 27,491	$ 24,410	$ 23,026
Provision for loan and lease losses	$ 5,004	$ 2,489	$ 1,814	5,186	$ 2,074	$ 2,233	$ 904	185	14,493	5,396	2,859
Loans charged-off									(11,856)	(3,972)	(3,563)
Recoveries									2,792	1,657	2,088
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	32,920				27,491				32,920	27,491	24,410
Residential Real Estate - Owner Occupied
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				8,301				8,565	8,301	8,565	7,816
Provision for loan and lease losses									(1,148)	50	1,448
Loans charged-off									(416)	(622)	(836)
Recoveries									421	308	137
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	7,158				8,301				7,158	8,301	8,565
Owner Occupied - Correspondent
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				623				567	623	567
Provision for loan and lease losses									(250)	56	567
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	373				623				373	623	567
Residential Real Estate - Non Owner Occupied
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				1,052				837	1,052	837	1,023
Provision for loan and lease losses									79	331	(28)
Loans charged-off										(126)	(185)
Recoveries									8	10	27
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	1,139				1,052				1,139	1,052	837
Commercial Real Estate
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				7,636				7,740	7,636	7,740	8,309
Provision for loan and lease losses									768	344	144
Loans charged-off									(514)	(546)	(868)
Recoveries									152	98	155
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	8,042				7,636				8,042	7,636	7,740
Commercial real estate - purchased whole loans
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				36				34	36	34	34
Provision for loan and lease losses										2
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	36				36				36	36	34
Construction & land development
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				1,303				926	1,303	926	1,296
Provision for loan and lease losses									513	377	(441)
Loans charged-off									(44)		(18)
Recoveries									78		89
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	1,850				1,303				1,850	1,303	926
Commercial & Industrial
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				1,455				1,167	1,455	1,167	1,089
Provision for loan and lease losses									259	282	(16)
Loans charged-off									(330)	(56)	(20)
Recoveries									127	62	114
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	1,511				1,455				1,511	1,455	1,167
Lease Financing Receivables
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				89				25	89	25
Provision for loan and lease losses									47	64	25
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	136				89				136	89	25
Warehouse lines of credit
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				967				799	967	799	449
Provision for loan and lease losses									497	168	350
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	1,464				967				1,464	967	799
Home equity lines of credit
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				2,996				2,730	2,996	2,730	2,396
Provision for loan and lease losses									961	584	699
Loans charged-off									(351)	(466)	(548)
Recoveries									151	148	183
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	3,757				2,996				3,757	2,996	2,730
Consumer: Republic Processing Group Loans
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				1,699				44	1,699	44
Provision for loan and lease losses									10,548	2,331	(533)
Loans charged-off									(8,474)	(971)	(5)
Recoveries									1,219	295	582
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	4,992				1,699				4,992	1,699	44
Consumer: Credit cards
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				448				285	448	285	289
Provision for loan and lease losses									154	256	49
Loans charged-off									(164)	(146)	(88)
Recoveries									52	53	35
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	490				448				490	448	285
Consumer: Overdrafts
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				351				382	351	382	199
Provision for loan and lease losses									898	255	383
Loans charged-off									(816)	(598)	(591)
Recoveries									242	312	391
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	675				351				675	351	382
Consumer: Automobile loan
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				56				32	56	32	54
Provision for loan and lease losses									481	24	(22)
Loans charged-off									(12)
Recoveries									1
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	526				56				526	56	32
Other consumer
Allowance for loan losses rollforward
Allowance for loan losses at beginning year				$ 479				$ 277	479	277	72
Provision for loan and lease losses									686	272	234
Loans charged-off									(735)	(441)	(404)
Recoveries									341	371	375
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	$ 771				$ 479				$ 771	$ 479	$ 277