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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Commitments to extend credit represent agreements to lend to customers that generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses. At June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, commitments to extend credit totaled $645.6 million and $771.7 million, respectively. These commitments primarily consist of lines of credit provided to customers to finance the completion of construction projects, as well as revolving lines of credit to operating companies to support working capital needs. Construction
related lines of credit represented $344.1 million, or 53.3%, of total commitments to extend credit at June 30, 2026, compared to $452.8 million, or 58.7%, at December 31, 2025. 
Standby letters of credit are conditional commitments issued by the Company to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third-party. Those guarantees are primarily issued to support public and private borrowing arrangements. Outstanding standby letters of credit totaled $15.7 million at June 30, 2026 and $16.5 million at December 31, 2025.

(Dollars in Thousands)June 30, 2026December 31, 2025
Commitments to Extend Credit$645,609 $771,677 
Standby and Performance Letter of Credit15,709 16,507 
Total$661,318 $788,184 
The Company’s exposure to credit loss for commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit in the event of nonperformance by the counterparty is represented by the contractual amounts of these instruments. The Company applies the same credit policies and underwriting standards to these commitments as it does to on-balance sheet credit exposures. Unless noted otherwise, commitments that expose the Company to credit risk are supported by collateral or other security.
Life-of-Loss Reserve on Unfunded Loan Commitments
The Company maintains a life-of-loss reserve on unfunded commercial lending commitments and standby letters of credit to provide for the risk of loss inherent in these arrangements. The reserve is calculated using a methodology similar to that used to determine the ACL on loans, adjusted to reflect the probability of drawdown on the unfunded commitment. The reserve for unfunded loan commitments is included on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, with changes recognized through earnings in the recovery for unfunded loan commitments.
The reserve for unfunded loan commitments fluctuates primarily based on changes in construction related commitments between reporting periods. Recoveries of $0.6 million and $0.8 million were recorded for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, respectively, reflecting decreases of $0.2 million and $0.3 million compared to the same periods in 2025.
The following table presents activity in the life-of-loss reserve for unfunded loan commitments as of and for the dates presented:
Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
(Dollars in Thousands)2026202520262025
Life-of-Loss Reserve on Unfunded Loan Commitments
Balance at beginning of period$2,774 $3,072 $2,992 $3,186 
Recovery for Unfunded Loan Commitments(554)(335)(772)(449)
Balance at end of period$2,220 $2,737 $2,220 $2,737 
Legal Proceedings
In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to various legal and administrative proceedings and claims. Legal and administrative proceedings are subject to inherent uncertainties and unfavorable rulings could occur, and the timing and outcome of any legal or administrative proceeding cannot be predicted with certainty. Other than as set forth below, as of June 30, 2026, the Company is not involved in any material pending legal proceedings other than proceedings occurring in the ordinary course of business.
The Company and the Bank, along with certain unaffiliated third parties, have been named as defendants in a lawsuit filed on April 12, 2026, and subsequently amended on April 29, 2026, in the Circuit Court of Greenbrier County, West Virginia by James C. Justice, II, Cathy L. Justice, James C. Justice, III and various related entities that he and/or they own and control (such entities, the “Justice Entities” and collectively, the “Plaintiffs”). The allegations contained in the lawsuit relate to a series of loans, which were later reduced to judgments (such loans subsequently reduced to judgments, the “Judgments”) made by the Bank to certain Justice Entities that are secured by collateral pledged by certain Justice Entities and are backed by personal guarantees from James C. Justice, II and Cathy L. Justice and, in certain cases, by personal guarantees from James C. Justice,
III. The allegations contained in the lawsuit also relate to the Loan Sale Transaction in which the Bank sold its interest in the Judgments and related collateral to one of the unaffiliated third-party defendants.
In the lawsuit the Plaintiffs allege that the Bank (i) breached an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, (ii) tortiously interfered with Plaintiffs’ business interests, (iii) harmed Plaintiffs through a series of allegedly misleading promises, representations and/or omissions on which Plaintiffs allegedly relied, (iv) tortiously interfered with the Plaintiffs’ business interests under agreements between Plaintiffs and the unaffiliated third-party defendants, and (v) together with the unaffiliated third-party defendants, participated in a scheme to restrain trade and competition in an alleged market in which certain collateral securing the Judgments operates. With respect to the Bank, the Plaintiffs have requested the court to rescind the Bank’s sale of the Judgments to the unaffiliated third-party purchaser and seek declaratory relief that the Plaintiffs are entitled to pay-off the Judgments at no more than the sale price. The Plaintiffs further seek injunctions against the unaffiliated third-party defendants, direct damages of at least $500 million and additional consequential and punitive damages, and payment of costs, expenses and attorneys’ fees.
The Company and the Bank deny the allegations contained in the lawsuit and intend to vigorously defend the matter, the validity of the Bank’s sale of the Judgments to the unaffiliated third-party purchaser and the Bank’s conduct prior to selling the Judgments. Based on information presently available to the Company and the Bank and based on consultation with legal counsel, the Company believes that the Company and the Bank have meritorious defenses to all allegations contained in the lawsuit.
At this early stage of the lawsuit, the Company is not yet able to make a determination as to the likelihood of an unfavorable outcome in this matter or to estimate the range of any possible loss.