LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN AND LEASE LOSSES - TDR ACCRUAL STATUS (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) item	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) item
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans \| item	299	308
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 38,762	$ 41,586
Residential Real Estate
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans \| item	270	277
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 27,473	$ 28,753
Commercial Real Estate
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans \| item	21	23
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 10,212	$ 11,265
Construction & land development
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans \| item	5	5
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 871	$ 881
Commercial & Industrial
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans \| item	3	3
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 206	$ 687
Loans on nonaccrual status
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Minimum period for which TDRs continue to be reported as non-performing loans	6 months
Number of Loans \| item	85	87
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 9,332	$ 9,860
Loans on nonaccrual status \| Residential Real Estate
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans \| item	77	79
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 6,725	$ 7,199
Loans on nonaccrual status \| Commercial Real Estate
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans \| item	6	6
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 2,382	$ 2,430
Loans on nonaccrual status \| Construction & land development
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans \| item	1	1
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 74	$ 77
Loans on nonaccrual status \| Commercial & Industrial
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans \| item	1	1
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 151	$ 154
Accrual Loans
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans \| item	214	221
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 29,430	$ 31,726
Accrual Loans \| Residential Real Estate
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans \| item	193	198
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 20,748	$ 21,554
Accrual Loans \| Commercial Real Estate
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans \| item	15	17
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 7,830	$ 8,835
Accrual Loans \| Construction & land development
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans \| item	4	4
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 797	$ 804
Accrual Loans \| Commercial & Industrial
Troubled Debt Restructurings disclosures
Number of Loans \| item	2	2
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 55	$ 533

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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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