Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses Schedule of Loans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024
Loans Receivable [Line Items]
Loans, gross	$ 3,011,775	$ 3,008,013
Net unamortized fees and costs	(2,887)	(3,153)
Loans, net of deferred income	3,008,888	3,004,860
Commercial [Member]
Loans Receivable [Line Items]
Loans, gross	511,316	514,232
Construction, land and land development [Member]
Loans Receivable [Line Items]
Loans, gross	448,660	508,147
1-4 family residential first mortgages [Member]
Loans Receivable [Line Items]
Loans, gross	87,784	87,858
Home equity [Member]
Loans Receivable [Line Items]
Loans, gross	27,083	19,294
Commercial real estate [Member]
Loans Receivable [Line Items]
Loans, gross	1,912,235	1,861,195
Consumer and other [Member]
Loans Receivable [Line Items]
Loans, gross	$ 24,697	$ 17,287

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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