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Note 5 - Loans - Accruing Troubled Debt Restructurings (Details) - Accruing Troubled Debt Restructuring [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
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Accruing TDRs | $ 65,071 | $ 68,565 | $ 65,393 | $ 81,680
Payment Deferral [Member] |  |  |  |
Accruing TDRs | 35,510 | 44,119 |  |
Contractual Interest Rate Reduction [Member] |  |  |  |
Accruing TDRs | 7,747 | 6,206 |  |
Rate Reduction and Payment Deferral [Member] |  |  |  |
Accruing TDRs | 21,814 | 18,240 |  |
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] |  |  |  |
Accruing TDRs | 18,135 | 29,199 |  |
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] | Payment Deferral [Member] |  |  |  |
Accruing TDRs | 18,135 | 29,199 |  |
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] | Contractual Interest Rate Reduction [Member] |  |  |  |
Accruing TDRs |  |  |  |
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] | Rate Reduction and Payment Deferral [Member] |  |  |  |
Accruing TDRs |  |  |  |
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] |  |  |  |
Accruing TDRs | 40,860 | 32,843 |  |
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] | Payment Deferral [Member] |  |  |  |
Accruing TDRs | 14,022 | 11,504 |  |
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] | Contractual Interest Rate Reduction [Member] |  |  |  |
Accruing TDRs | 7,420 | 5,871 |  |
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] | Rate Reduction and Payment Deferral [Member] |  |  |  |
Accruing TDRs | 19,418 | 15,468 |  |
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] |  |  |  |
Accruing TDRs | 6,076 | 6,523 |  |
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Payment Deferral [Member] |  |  |  |
Accruing TDRs | 3,353 | 3,416 |  |
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Contractual Interest Rate Reduction [Member] |  |  |  |
Accruing TDRs | 327 | 335 |  |
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Rate Reduction and Payment Deferral [Member] |  |  |  |
Accruing TDRs | $ 2,396 | $ 2,772 |  |

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- Definition The amount of the outstanding recorded investment related to financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 40 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82895541&loc=d3e18845-111554 + Details
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