Note 7 - Premises and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Notes to Financial Statements

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

7

.     Premises and Equipment

 

     Premises and equipment consisted of the following as of

December 31, 2017

, and

December 31, 2016:

	As of December 31,
	201 7		201 6
	(In thousands )
Land and land improvements	$	42,476	$	42,455
Building and building improvements		79,179		78,463
Furniture, fixtures and equipment		53,529		51,654
Leasehold improvement		15,496		15,546
Construction in process		335		703
		191,015		188,821
Less: Accumulated depreciation/amortization		87,951		83,214
Premises and equipment, net	$	103,064	$	105,607

The amount of depreciation/amortization included in operating expense was $

6.5

million in

2017,

$6.8

million in

2016

, and

$7.0

million in

2015

.