LOANS - Loan Portfolio by Credit Quality Indicator (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	$ 1,737,106	$ 1,337,977
Commercial real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	1,204,882	952,838
Residential real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	290,054	212,527
Commercial, financial & agricultural
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	223,923	154,048
Consumer & other
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	18,247	18,564
Construction, land & land development
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	229,435	165,446
Construction, land & land development | Commercial real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	229,435	165,446
Other commercial real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	975,447	787,392
Other commercial real estate | Commercial real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	975,447	787,392
Legacy Loans
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	1,540,989	1,004,204
Legacy Loans | Commercial real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	1,063,890	715,692
Legacy Loans | Residential real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	249,390	159,469
Legacy Loans | Commercial, financial & agricultural
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	210,413	113,040
Legacy Loans | Consumer & other
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	17,296	16,003
Legacy Loans | Construction, land & land development | Commercial real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	216,206	119,953
Legacy Loans | Other commercial real estate | Commercial real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	847,684	595,739
Purchased Loans
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	196,117	333,773
Purchased Loans | Commercial real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	140,992	237,146
Purchased Loans | Residential real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	40,664	53,058
Purchased Loans | Commercial, financial & agricultural
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	13,510	41,008
Purchased Loans | Consumer & other
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	951	2,561
Purchased Loans | Construction, land & land development | Commercial real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	13,229	45,493
Purchased Loans | Other commercial real estate | Commercial real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	127,763	191,653
Pass | Legacy Loans
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	1,507,276	943,328
Pass | Legacy Loans | Commercial real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	1,042,565	678,752
Pass | Legacy Loans | Residential real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	239,570	148,507
Pass | Legacy Loans | Commercial, financial & agricultural
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	207,935	100,282
Pass | Legacy Loans | Consumer & other
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	17,206	15,787
Pass | Legacy Loans | Construction, land & land development | Commercial real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	215,265	116,524
Pass | Legacy Loans | Other commercial real estate | Commercial real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	827,300	562,228
Pass | Purchased Loans
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	189,339	325,481
Pass | Purchased Loans | Commercial real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	137,055	232,337
Pass | Purchased Loans | Residential real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	38,360	49,875
Pass | Purchased Loans | Commercial, financial & agricultural
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	12,973	40,711
Pass | Purchased Loans | Consumer & other
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	951	2,558
Pass | Purchased Loans | Construction, land & land development | Commercial real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	13,229	45,432
Pass | Purchased Loans | Other commercial real estate | Commercial real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	123,826	186,905
Special Mention | Legacy Loans
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	21,368	46,143
Special Mention | Legacy Loans | Commercial real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	14,526	28,872
Special Mention | Legacy Loans | Residential real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	5,976	5,733
Special Mention | Legacy Loans | Commercial, financial & agricultural
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	812	11,460
Special Mention | Legacy Loans | Consumer & other
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	54	78
Special Mention | Legacy Loans | Construction, land & land development | Commercial real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	290	3,154
Special Mention | Legacy Loans | Other commercial real estate | Commercial real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	14,236	25,718
Special Mention | Purchased Loans
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	3,997	4,084
Special Mention | Purchased Loans | Commercial real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	3,326	3,518
Special Mention | Purchased Loans | Residential real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	598	563
Special Mention | Purchased Loans | Commercial, financial & agricultural
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	73	0
Special Mention | Purchased Loans | Consumer & other
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	0	3
Special Mention | Purchased Loans | Construction, land & land development | Commercial real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	0	0
Special Mention | Purchased Loans | Other commercial real estate | Commercial real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	3,326	3,518
Substandard | Legacy Loans
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	12,345	14,733
Substandard | Legacy Loans | Commercial real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	6,799	8,068
Substandard | Legacy Loans | Residential real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	3,844	5,229
Substandard | Legacy Loans | Commercial, financial & agricultural
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	1,666	1,298
Substandard | Legacy Loans | Consumer & other
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	36	138
Substandard | Legacy Loans | Construction, land & land development | Commercial real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	651	275
Substandard | Legacy Loans | Other commercial real estate | Commercial real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	6,148	7,793
Substandard | Purchased Loans
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	2,781	4,208
Substandard | Purchased Loans | Commercial real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	611	1,291
Substandard | Purchased Loans | Residential real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	1,706	2,620
Substandard | Purchased Loans | Commercial, financial & agricultural
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	464	297
Substandard | Purchased Loans | Consumer & other
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	0	0
Substandard | Purchased Loans | Construction, land & land development | Commercial real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	0	61
Substandard | Purchased Loans | Other commercial real estate | Commercial real estate
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans	$ 611	$ 1,230