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SECURITIES - Schedule of Debt Securities, Held to Maturity, Activity (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Debt Securities, Held-to-maturity, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	$ 105	$ 104	$ 0
Provision (benefit) expense for credit losses	(14)	1	(205)
Ending balance	91	105	104
Impact of ASC 326 adoption
Debt Securities, Held-to-maturity, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance			309
Municipal bonds and obligations
Debt Securities, Held-to-maturity, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	70	64	0
Provision (benefit) expense for credit losses	(4)	6	(19)
Ending balance	66	70	64
Municipal bonds and obligations | Impact of ASC 326 adoption
Debt Securities, Held-to-maturity, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance			83
Tax advantaged economic development bonds
Debt Securities, Held-to-maturity, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	35	40	0
Provision (benefit) expense for credit losses	(10)	(5)	(186)
Ending balance	$ 25	$ 35	40
Tax advantaged economic development bonds | Impact of ASC 326 adoption
Debt Securities, Held-to-maturity, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance			$ 226

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Amount, excluding accrued interest, of allowance for credit loss on investment in debt security measured at amortized cost (held-to-maturity).

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 326
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
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Amount of expense (reversal of expense) for expected credit loss on investment in debt security measured at amortized cost (held-to-maturity).

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 326
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-Section 50
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