LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES (Impaired Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment by Segment) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Recorded Investment
Loans without a specific allowance	$ 45,393	$ 31,553
Loans with a specific allowance	8,088	9,596
Total impaired loans	53,481	41,149
Unpaid Principal Balance
Loans without a specific allowance	47,320	33,723
Loans with a specific allowance	8,612	10,240
Total impaired loans	55,932	43,963
Related Allowance	503	816
Average Investment	54,233	43,664	$ 79,408
Interest Income Recognized	1,693	1,475	3,735
Construction and Land Development
Recorded Investment
Loans without a specific allowance	16,035	13,877
Loans with a specific allowance	1,536	1,395
Unpaid Principal Balance
Loans without a specific allowance	16,214	14,353
Loans with a specific allowance	1,573	1,404
Related Allowance	122	107
Average Investment	17,080	15,346	36,441
Interest Income Recognized	590	681	2,265
Commercial Real Estate - Owner Occupied
Recorded Investment
Loans without a specific allowance	5,427	5,886
Loans with a specific allowance	1,161	646
Unpaid Principal Balance
Loans without a specific allowance	5,527	6,042
Loans with a specific allowance	1,161	646
Related Allowance	94	4
Average Investment	6,580	6,290	11,409
Interest Income Recognized	306	242	348
Commercial Real Estate - Non-Owner Occupied
Recorded Investment
Loans without a specific allowance	6,017	1,399
Loans with a specific allowance	0	2,809
Unpaid Principal Balance
Loans without a specific allowance	6,103	1,399
Loans with a specific allowance	0	2,809
Related Allowance	0	474
Average Investment	6,083	4,188	6,201
Interest Income Recognized	172	134	250
Multifamily Real Estate
Unpaid Principal Balance
Average Investment	0	0	3,854
Interest Income Recognized	0	0	244
Commercial and Industrial
Recorded Investment
Loans without a specific allowance	1,681	648
Loans with a specific allowance	1,295	857
Unpaid Principal Balance
Loans without a specific allowance	1,933	890
Loans with a specific allowance	1,319	880
Related Allowance	128	14
Average Investment	3,208	2,800	3,404
Interest Income Recognized	150	95	139
Residential 1-4 Family - Commercial
Recorded Investment
Loans without a specific allowance	4,098	4,301
Loans with a specific allowance	1,062	1,182
Unpaid Principal Balance
Loans without a specific allowance	4,879	5,208
Loans with a specific allowance	1,068	1,282
Related Allowance	35	66
Average Investment	5,428	6,225	9,990
Interest Income Recognized	190	205	383
Residential 1-4 Family - Mortgage
Recorded Investment
Loans without a specific allowance	9,512	4,195
Loans with a specific allowance	1,953	2,153
Unpaid Principal Balance
Loans without a specific allowance	9,786	4,310
Loans with a specific allowance	2,070	2,253
Related Allowance	36	134
Average Investment	11,806	6,491	4,478
Interest Income Recognized	194	86	27
Auto
Recorded Investment
Loans with a specific allowance	413	169
Unpaid Principal Balance
Loans with a specific allowance	577	235
Related Allowance	2	1
Average Investment	579	244	235
Interest Income Recognized	19	5	6
HELOC
Recorded Investment
Loans without a specific allowance	2,056	1,017
Loans with a specific allowance	464	323
Unpaid Principal Balance
Loans without a specific allowance	2,144	1,094
Loans with a specific allowance	535	433
Related Allowance	51	15
Average Investment	2,659	1,513	2,757
Interest Income Recognized	36	19	54
Consumer and all other
Recorded Investment
Loans without a specific allowance	567	230
Loans with a specific allowance	204	62
Unpaid Principal Balance
Loans without a specific allowance	734	427
Loans with a specific allowance	309	298
Related Allowance	35	1
Average Investment	810	567	639
Interest Income Recognized	$ 36	$ 8	$ 19

Average amount of investment of impaired financing receivables with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 15
-Subparagraph (c)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84173941&loc=d3e5212-111524

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 17
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84173941&loc=d3e5258-111524

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