BUSINESS COMBINATIONS - Schedule of Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands					2 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Sep. 30, 2023	Jan. 01, 2023	Aug. 01, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2024	Jan. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Liabilities and equity:
Goodwill	$ 272,520					$ 272,520	$ 272,520		$ 180,254	$ 156,663
Heritage Southeast Bank
Identifiable assets:
Consideration paid	221,538		$ 221,538
Cash and due from banks	106,793		106,973			106,793
Investments	172,775		172,775			172,775
Loans	1,155,712		1,155,712			1,155,712		$ 1,159,000
Core deposit intangible	43,739		43,739			43,739
Personal and real property	35,963		35,963			35,963
Other real estate owned	1,189		857			1,189
Bank owned life insurance	35,579		35,579			35,579
Deferred taxes	6,129		6,761			6,129
Interest receivable	4,349		4,349			4,349
Other assets	3,103		3,103			3,103
Total assets	1,565,331		1,565,811			1,565,331
Liabilities and equity:
Deposits	1,392,432		1,392,432			1,392,432
Trust Preferred	9,015		9,015			9,015
Other liabilities	34,271		34,271			34,271
Total liabilities	1,435,718		1,435,718			1,435,718
Net assets acquired	129,613		130,093			129,613
Goodwill	$ 91,925		$ 91,445			91,925
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustments [Abstract]
Cash and due from banks						(180)
Investments						0
Loans						0
Core deposit intangible						0
Personal and real property						0
Other real estate owned						332
Bank owned life insurance						0
Deferred taxes						(632)
Interest receivable						0
Other assets						0
Total assets						(480)
Deposits						0
Trust Preferred						0
Other liabilities						0
Total liabilities						0
Net assets acquired						(480)
Consideration paid						0
Goodwill						$ 480
Beach Bancorp
Identifiable assets:
Consideration paid		$ 101,470		$ 101,470
Cash and due from banks		23,939		23,939	$ 23,939
Investments		22,643		22,907	22,643
Loans		485,171		482,903	485,171
Core deposit intangible		9,791		9,791	9,791
Personal and real property		11,957		13,825	11,957
Other real estate owned		8,217		8,797	8,217
Bank owned life insurance		10,092		10,092	10,092
Deferred taxes		27,135		28,105	27,135
Other assets		9,235		9,649	9,235
Total assets		608,180		610,008	608,180
Liabilities and equity:
Deposits		490,591		490,588	490,591
Trust Preferred		25,000		25,000	25,000
Other liabilities		14,772		14,772	14,772
Total liabilities		530,363		530,360	530,363
Net assets acquired		77,817		79,648	77,817
Goodwill		$ 23,653		$ 21,822	23,653
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustments [Abstract]
Cash and due from banks					0
Investments					(264)
Loans					2,268
Core deposit intangible					0
Personal and real property					(1,868)
Other real estate owned					(580)
Bank owned life insurance					0
Deferred taxes					(970)
Other assets					(414)
Total assets					(1,828)
Deposits					3
Trust Preferred					0
Other liabilities					0
Total liabilities					3
Net assets acquired					(1,831)
Consideration paid					0
Goodwill					$ 1,831