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LOANS AND CREDIT QUALITY - Financial Effect of the Loan Modifications (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2025	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2025	Sep. 30, 2024
Principal Forgiveness
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Principal Forgiveness	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Interest Rate Reduction
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Principal Forgiveness	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Weighted-Average Interest Rate Reduction	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Term Extension
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Principal Forgiveness	$ 68	$ 992	$ 176	$ 17,185
Weighted average time added to life of loans (in months)	26 months	18 months	31 months	10 months
Commercial and industrial \| Principal Forgiveness
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Principal Forgiveness	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Commercial and industrial \| Interest Rate Reduction
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Principal Forgiveness	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Weighted-Average Interest Rate Reduction	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Commercial and industrial \| Term Extension
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Principal Forgiveness	$ 68	$ 788	$ 176	$ 1,003
Weighted average time added to life of loans (in months)	18 months	20 months	25 months	28 months
Commercial real estate \| Construction and land development
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Principal Forgiveness	$ 0		$ 0
Weighted-Average Interest Rate Reduction	0.00%		0.00%
Weighted average time added to life of loans (in months)	18 months		18 months
Commercial real estate \| Construction and land development \| Principal Forgiveness
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Principal Forgiveness	$ 0		$ 0
Commercial real estate \| Construction and land development \| Interest Rate Reduction
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Principal Forgiveness	0		0
Commercial real estate \| Construction and land development \| Term Extension
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Principal Forgiveness	0		0
Commercial real estate \| Non-owner occupied
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Principal Forgiveness				$ 0
Weighted-Average Interest Rate Reduction				0.00%
Weighted average time added to life of loans (in months)				9 months
Commercial real estate \| Non-owner occupied \| Principal Forgiveness
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Principal Forgiveness				$ 0
Commercial real estate \| Non-owner occupied \| Interest Rate Reduction
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Principal Forgiveness				0
Commercial real estate \| Non-owner occupied \| Term Extension
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Principal Forgiveness				15,978
Residential Real Estate
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Principal Forgiveness	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Weighted-Average Interest Rate Reduction	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Weighted average time added to life of loans (in months)	67 months	12 months	70 months	12 months
Residential Real Estate \| Principal Forgiveness
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Principal Forgiveness	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Residential Real Estate \| Interest Rate Reduction
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Principal Forgiveness	0	0	0	0
Residential Real Estate \| Term Extension
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Principal Forgiveness	$ 0	$ 204	$ 0	$ 204