LOANS AND CREDIT QUALITY (Class and Credit Indicator) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
2020	$ 221,009
2019	860,681
2018	615,568
2017	540,299
2016	446,376
Prior	1,183,585
Amortized Cost of Revolving Loans	644,480
Total	4,511,998
Loans and leases, gross	4,509,067	$ 4,446,695
Net deferred costs	2,931	2,845
Loans, net of allowance for credit losses	4,511,998	4,449,540
Commercial, Financial & Agricultural
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
2020	43,841
2019	94,867
2018	70,441
2017	76,247
2016	53,247
Prior	136,328
Amortized Cost of Revolving Loans	100,353
Total	575,324
Loans and leases, gross	575,169	570,089
Net deferred costs		215
Loans, net of allowance for credit losses	575,324	570,304
Pass
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
Loans and leases, gross		4,366,276
Pass \| Commercial, Financial & Agricultural
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
2020	40,976
2019	77,593
2018	64,288
2017	59,642
2016	50,144
Prior	125,599
Amortized Cost of Revolving Loans	97,073
Total	515,315
Loans and leases, gross		523,342
Special Mention
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
Loans and leases, gross		38,957
Special Mention \| Commercial, Financial & Agricultural
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
2020	2,865
2019	9,777
2018	5,627
2017	15,376
2016	1,006
Prior	9,153
Amortized Cost of Revolving Loans	3,280
Total	47,084
Loans and leases, gross		20,677
Substandard
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
Loans and leases, gross		41,351
Substandard \| Commercial, Financial & Agricultural
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
2020	0
2019	7,497
2018	526
2017	1,229
2016	2,097
Prior	1,576
Amortized Cost of Revolving Loans	0
Total	12,925
Loans and leases, gross		26,070
Loss
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
Loans and leases, gross		111
Loss \| Commercial, Financial & Agricultural
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
Loans and leases, gross		0
Construction \| Real Estate
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
Loans and leases, gross	100,959	96,139
Net deferred costs		(285)
Loans, net of allowance for credit losses	100,617	95,854
Construction \| Pass \| Real Estate
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
2020	7,923
2019	12,157
2018	50,181
2017	6,920
2016	2,277
Prior	21,159
Amortized Cost of Revolving Loans	0
Total	100,617
Loans and leases, gross		96,139
Construction \| Special Mention \| Real Estate
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
Loans and leases, gross		0
Construction \| Substandard \| Real Estate
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
Loans and leases, gross		0
Construction \| Loss \| Real Estate
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
Loans and leases, gross		0
Residential Mortgage \| Real Estate
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
2020	80,293
2019	364,858
2018	187,401
2017	202,614
2016	227,802
Prior	569,568
Amortized Cost of Revolving Loans	0
Total	1,632,536
Loans and leases, gross	1,628,502	1,595,801
Net deferred costs		4,000
Loans, net of allowance for credit losses	1,632,536	1,599,801
Residential Mortgage \| Pass \| Real Estate
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
2020	80,293
2019	364,858
2018	186,851
2017	201,685
2016	227,341
Prior	566,829
Amortized Cost of Revolving Loans	0
Total	1,627,857
Loans and leases, gross		1,593,072
Residential Mortgage \| Special Mention \| Real Estate
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
2020	0
2019	0
2018	0
2017	0
2016	159
Prior	835
Amortized Cost of Revolving Loans	0
Total	994
Loans and leases, gross		840
Residential Mortgage \| Substandard \| Real Estate
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
2020	0
2019	0
2018	550
2017	929
2016	302
Prior	1,904
Amortized Cost of Revolving Loans	0
Total	3,685
Loans and leases, gross		1,889
Residential Mortgage \| Loss \| Real Estate
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
Loans and leases, gross		0
Home Equity \| Real Estate
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
2020	4,927
2019	21,426
2018	22,858
2017	493
2016	456
Prior	4,289
Amortized Cost of Revolving Loans	450,237
Total	504,686
Loans and leases, gross	504,061	490,239
Net deferred costs		495
Loans, net of allowance for credit losses	504,686	490,734
Home Equity \| Pass \| Real Estate
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
2020	4,927
2019	21,426
2018	22,858
2017	493
2016	249
Prior	3,951
Amortized Cost of Revolving Loans	450,237
Total	504,141
Loans and leases, gross		490,147
Home Equity \| Special Mention \| Real Estate
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
Loans and leases, gross		0
Home Equity \| Substandard \| Real Estate
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
2020	0
2019	0
2018	0
2017	0
2016	207
Prior	338
Amortized Cost of Revolving Loans	0
Total	545
Loans and leases, gross		92
Home Equity \| Loss \| Real Estate
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
Loans and leases, gross		0
Commercial Mortgage \| Real Estate
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
2020	36,503
2019	160,789
2018	173,171
2017	185,534
2016	131,307
Prior	434,370
Amortized Cost of Revolving Loans	17,463
Total	1,139,137
Loans and leases, gross	1,140,611	1,124,911
Net deferred costs		(1,496)
Loans, net of allowance for credit losses	1,139,137	1,123,415
Commercial Mortgage \| Pass \| Real Estate
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
2020	36,503
2019	153,355
2018	170,779
2017	172,937
2016	118,087
Prior	396,221
Amortized Cost of Revolving Loans	17,463
Total	1,065,345
Loans and leases, gross		1,094,364
Commercial Mortgage \| Special Mention \| Real Estate
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
2020	0
2019	0
2018	2,392
2017	12,597
2016	13,220
Prior	32,666
Amortized Cost of Revolving Loans	0
Total	60,875
Loans and leases, gross		17,440
Commercial Mortgage \| Substandard \| Real Estate
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
2020	0
2019	7,434
2018	0
2017	0
2016	0
Prior	5,483
Amortized Cost of Revolving Loans	0
Total	12,917
Loans and leases, gross		13,107
Commercial Mortgage \| Loss \| Real Estate
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
Loans and leases, gross		0
Consumer \| Consumer
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
2020	47,522
2019	206,584
2018	111,516
2017	68,491
2016	31,287
Prior	17,871
Amortized Cost of Revolving Loans	76,427
Total	559,698
Loans and leases, gross	559,765	569,516
Net deferred costs		(84)
Loans, net of allowance for credit losses	559,698	569,432
Consumer \| Pass \| Consumer
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
2020	47,522
2019	206,573
2018	111,490
2017	68,480
2016	31,287
Prior	17,520
Amortized Cost of Revolving Loans	76,277
Total	559,149
Loans and leases, gross		569,212
Consumer \| Special Mention \| Consumer
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
2020	0
2019	0
2018	0
2017	0
2016	0
Prior	0
Amortized Cost of Revolving Loans	150
Total	150
Loans and leases, gross		0
Consumer \| Substandard \| Consumer
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
2020	0
2019	11
2018	26
2017	11
2016	0
Prior	237
Amortized Cost of Revolving Loans	0
Total	285
Loans and leases, gross		193
Consumer \| Loss \| Consumer
Recorded investment in the loans and leases, by class and credit indicator
2020	0
2019	0
2018	0
2017	0
2016	0
Prior	114
Amortized Cost of Revolving Loans	0
Total	$ 114
Loans and leases, gross		$ 111

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